Cannes Film Festival
Cannes Hit ‘Sirât’ Secures Global Sales After Jury Prize Win
Award-winning Moroccan drama sets global stage with distribution across 20+ territories. Neon recently acquired North American rights, while Mubi secured the film for Italy, Turkey, and India—signaling further interest from streaming platforms and indie distributors aiming to bring Sirât to discerning global audiences.
Following its Jury Prize win at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, Sirât, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Oliver Laxe, is now set for global exposure after locking distribution deals in over 20 major international markets.
The emotionally charged Moroccan drama, which had its world premiere on May 15 at the Cannes Film Festival, tells the story of a father and son navigating a surreal rave in the mountains of southern Morocco, desperately searching for their missing daughter and sister. This powerful exploration of grief, mysticism, and family ties resonated deeply with Cannes audiences and jurors alike, earning it one of the festival’s top honors.
The Oliver Laxe film’s international sales agent, The Match Factory, confirmed sweeping global interest, with new deals signed across the UK-Ireland (Altitude), Germany and Austria (Pandora Film), Latin America (Cine Video y TV), Japan (Transformer), and Australia-New Zealand (Madman Entertainment), among others.
Additional territories include: Benelux: Cineart, South Korea: Challan, Taiwan: Andrews Film, Poland: New Horizons, Scandinavia: TriArt Film (Sweden), Fidalgo (Norway), Cinema Mondo (Finland), Greece: Feelgood Entertainment, Portugal: Nitrato Filmes, Eastern Europe: Aerofilms (Czech Republic & Slovakia), Cirko Film (Hungary), MCF MegaCom (former Yugoslavia), Transilvania Film (Romania) and Baltics: A-One Films.
Neon recently acquired North American rights, while Mubi secured the film for Italy, Turkey, and India, signalling further interest from streaming platforms and indie distributors aiming to bring Sirât to discerning global audiences. Neon beyond Sirât, has been over the years also recording great succes at the Cannes.
In France, the film will be distributed by Pyramide, while BTeam Pictures will handle its Spanish release, scheduled for June 6.
Produced by an impressive lineup including Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, and Esther García under the El Deseo banner, Sirât also credits Xavi Font (Filmes Da Ermida), Oriol Maymó (Uri Films), Mani Mortazavi, Andrea Queralt (4A4 Productions), and Domingo Corral (Movistar Plus+) among its producers. The film’s backing by leading European producers helped secure its ambitious artistic vision and wide distribution footprint.
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In addition to its Jury Prize, Sirât also won the Independent Cannes Soundtrack Award, presented by a jury of international journalists, cementing its reputation not only as a visual but also an auditory masterpiece.
Why ‘Sirât’ Matters
With themes of spiritual searching, generational trauma, and cultural collision, Sirât reflects Laxe’s signature poetic storytelling, set against a visually hypnotic Moroccan landscape. The film represents a new wave of Maghreb cinema gaining traction on the global stage, and its success at Cannes is expected to fuel further interest in North African narratives.
For cinephiles eager to watch 2025’s breakout foreign film of the year, Sirât is headed to screens across the globe and the rest of the world can also watch on Mubi, proving once again that stories rooted in local landscapes can speak volumes on an international level.
