NEON Releases Official Trailer for Oliver Laxe’s SIRĀT Ahead of February Theatrical Run

A father and son venture into the Moroccan desert in Oliver Laxe’s hypnotic, Academy-shortlisted SIRĀT.

NEON Unleashes Official Trailer for Oliver Laxe’s SIRĀT Ahead of February Theatrical Release

NEON has released the official trailer and a striking new poster for SIRĀT the latest feature from filmmaker Oliver Laxe, and one of the most singular cinematic experiences to emerge from the festival circuit this year. The film, which screened at Fantastic Fest—where we had the chance to see it firsthand—has since become one of the most discussed and formally daring releases of the season.

SIRĀT has been shortlisted in multiple categories for the 98th Academy Awards, including Best International Feature, Best Original Score, Best Sound, Best Casting, and Best Cinematography, underscoring the film’s sweeping technical ambition and immersive craftsmanship. For longtime Horror Movies Uncut readers, the film will already be familiar. We previously covered SÍRÂT in depth, highlighting its hypnotic sound design, tactile cinematography, and the way it fuses human grief with an almost elemental sense of dread.

Set against the unforgiving expanse of the Moroccan desert, the film follows a father and his young son as they search for a missing daughter who has disappeared into the region’s underground rave culture. Joining forces with a group of nomads, the pair journey deeper into the desert, where music, ritual, isolation, and escalating violence collide. What begins as a search becomes something far more existential, as SIRĀT slowly transforms into a meditation on loss, devotion, and survival at the edge of civilization.

Laxe’s direction is both patient and punishing, allowing long stretches of silence, sound, and movement to do the heavy lifting. The result is a film that feels less like a traditional narrative and more like an ordeal—one that burrows under the skin and refuses to let go. It’s a work that rewards close attention, particularly on a technical level, where sound, image, and rhythm are inseparable from theme.

The newly released trailer captures that intensity with precision, offering glimpses of the film’s stark landscapes, pulsating rave sequences, and mounting sense of danger without giving away its deeper turns. Paired with NEON’s bold new poster, the rollout signals confidence in a film that defies easy categorization while firmly staking its place among the year’s most accomplished releases.

SIRĀT opens in theaters in New York and Los Angeles on February 6, with a wider release to follow shortly thereafter. For those tracking the most adventurous cinema of the year—or looking for a film that challenges expectations on every level—this is one to keep firmly on your radar.