Oliver Laxe was born in Paris in 1982, the son of Galician emigrants. When he was six, his family returned to Northwest Spain. After completing his studies in audiovisual communication, he moved to Tangier, Morocco, where he self-produced his 2010 […]

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Following its week-long theatrical engagement last fall, Oliver Laxe’s jaw-dropping thriller Sirāt is returning to the stateside market for a wider official release. Having won the Jury Prize at Cannes and shocking audiences and critics alike on the fall festival circuit, […]

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Coming from a rapturous premiere at the Cannes Film Festival (and the highest rating on Ioncinema’s international critics grid), Sirāt has already been nominated for 2 Golden Globes for best Foreign Language Film and Best Score, and has just advanced […]

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Get ready to strap in this awards season with Oliver Laxe’s unpredictable desert rave thriller, Sirāt. Somewhere in the realm of Sorcerer and Mad Max, it made waves after shocking viewers to their core at this year’s Cannes, where it […]

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(The 63rd New York Film Festival (NYFF) runs September 26-October 13 via Film at Lincoln Center. Check outMatt Delman’s Sirāt movie review, fresh from the fest! Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) If ‘audible gasp’ were a movie, it […]

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It’s that time of year again. After previously announcing its Opening Night (After the Hunt), Centerpiece (Father Mother Sister Brother), and Closing Night (Is This Thing On?) films, the New York Film Festival has unveiled its full Main Slate lineup […]

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NEON has done it again. After 10 days of highly buzzed new cinema and hot acquisitions, the 78th Cannes Film Festival concluded with the Palme d’Or being awarded to Jafar Panahi’s revenge thriller, It Was Just An Accident. After acquiring […]

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The Cannes Film Festival has unveiled the first slate of films for its 78th edition, which will take place from May 13 through 24. The films are divided into sections, from the Main Competition to Un Certain Regard. Iris Knobloch, […]

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