NEON Launches Six-City U.S. Tour for Oscar-Nominated Sirāt With Oliver Laxe
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NEON Announces Six-City Theatrical Tour for Oscar Nominee Sirāt With Oliver Laxe and Santiago Fillol
When a film doesn’t just premiere — but detonates — you feel it ripple.
NEON has officially announced a six-city U.S. theatrical tour for Academy Award nominee Sirāt, bringing director Oliver Laxe and screenwriter-director Santiago Fillol stateside for a run of in-person screenings and extended Q&As. The tour will hit New York, Washington D.C., Boston, Chicago, Austin, and Nashville as the film expands its U.S. footprint.
And make no mistake — this isn’t just another international awards contender rolling through arthouse circuits. Sirāt has positioned itself as one of the year’s most immersive cinematic experiences.
After premiering at the Cannes Film Festival — where it earned the Jury Prize and Best Soundtrack — the film quickly built momentum. It has since won five European Film Awards, claimed the Golden Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival, and taken home Best International Film at Palm Springs. Spain selected it as its official entry to the 98th Academy Awards®, where it now stands nominated for Best International Feature Film and Best Sound.
Critics haven’t been subtle.
Rolling Stone’s David Fear called it “a life-changing cinematic experience.” The New York Times’ Manohla Dargis described it as “a mesmerizing thriller… it’s impossible to look away.” The New Yorker’s Justin Chang went even further, naming it “the movie of the year.”
The film follows a father, played by Sergi López, and his son as they arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco, searching for Mar — their missing daughter and sister who vanished months earlier at one of these sleepless desert gatherings. What begins as a desperate search slowly transforms into something far more existential as they follow a group of ravers into the burning wilderness, where survival, grief, and spiritual reckoning blur together.
From what audiences have been saying, Sirāt isn’t just narrative. It’s atmosphere. It’s sound design as immersion. It’s emotional intensity that refuses to soften itself for comfort.
The upcoming regional tour will feature in-person conversations with Laxe and Fillol, giving audiences rare access to the creative minds behind a film that continues to build critical and awards momentum.
Tour stops include:
New York (IFC Center) – March 2
Washington D.C. (Bryant Street) – March 3–4
Boston (Coolidge Corner) – March 5
Chicago (Music Box Theatre) – March 6
Austin (Austin Film Society & Alamo Drafthouse) – March 7
Nashville (Belcourt) – March 8
For cinephiles who value theatrical experience — the kind that lives and breathes in a packed house — this tour is more than promotion. It’s a moment.
NEON continues to prove that if a film demands to be seen on the big screen, they’ll build the path to make sure it happens.
And if the early reactions are any indication, Sirāt isn’t just expanding.
It’s arriving.
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