US EditionOscars: Spain Submits ‘Sirât’ For Best International Feature Film Race
Oliver Laxe's 'Sirat' won the Cannes Jury Prize and was selected by the Spanish Film Academy from three finalists after screenings and critical acclaim.
- Spain has chosen Oliver Laxe's Sirat as its submission for the Academy Awards' Best International Film competition at the 98th ceremony.
- The Spanish Film Academy chose Sirat from a shortlist including Romería and Sorda after member votes following summer screenings.
- Sirat, starring Sergi López and Bruno Nez Arjona, follows a man and his son searching for a missing young woman at remote raves in southern Morocco.
- The film received the jury prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, secured a North American distribution deal with Neon, and was acclaimed for its intensely gripping and progressively chaotic journey through a desert landscape.
- Sirat's selection represents a major milestone for Movistar Plus+ and highlights Oliver Laxe's rising status as a Spanish auteur filmmaker.
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Despite the tough competition, the Film Academy has made it very clear: Sirat de Oliver Laxe will represent Spain in the Oscar 2026s. A predictable route, especially considering that the work of the Galician filmmaker was awarded in the past Cannes Festival with the Jury Award (ex aequo with Sound of Falling). However, the first victory achieved against Romería and Sorda (the other two options of this year) is equally meritorious and the only on…
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Spain has selected Oliver Laxe’s visually striking and surreal film Sirat as its official submission for the Best International Feature category at the upcoming Academy Awards. The announcement, covered by The Hollywood Reporter, highlights Spain’s commitment to showcasing bold and unconventional cinema on the global stage. Laxe’s latest work, known for its dreamlike imagery and [...]
Oliver Laxe is the great name of the year in Spanish cinema. Of the three shortlisted films, Sirât was the one that started with the greatest advantage and all pointed out that it would be chosen finally by the Academy of Cinema to represent Spain in the Oscar awards. This explosive road movie set in a lost rave in Morocco came out of the festival of Cannes strengthened with the Jury Prize, a more than enough prize to place itself among the favo…
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