Overview
- Neon released the first U.S. trailer and confirmed openings on Feb. 6 at Film at Lincoln Center and IFC Center in New York, plus Landmark’s Nuart Theatre and AMC Burbank 16 in Los Angeles, with a nationwide release later in February.
- Sirāt is shortlisted by the Academy in five categories, including Best International Feature (Spain), Best Casting, Best Cinematography, Best Music (Original Score), and Best Sound.
- Spain selected the film as its official Oscar submission after it won the Jury Prize at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival and collected Golden Globe and European Film Awards nominations.
- The story follows a father and son who enter Morocco’s desert rave scene to search for a missing daughter, unfolding as a survival trek through a hostile landscape.
- Óliver Laxe co-wrote the film with Santiago Fillol and produced alongside Pedro and Agustín Almodóvar and others; Deadline reports the shortlisted sound team is an all-female lineup.