Alauda Ruiz de Azúa’s Basque family drama Sundays beat out Oliver Laxe’s Oscar-nominated techno-tracked dystopian drama…
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‘Sundays’ Wins Picture, ‘Sirāt’ Sweeps Craft Categories
“Sirāt,” Oliver Laxe’s techo-sluiced Moroccan desert odyssey, swept the 40th Spanish Academy Goya Awards in craft…
‘Sirat’s’ All-Female Sound Team on Capturing the Sound of the Desert
Spain’s Oscar entry for international feature, “Sirāt,” not only earned a nod in that category, it…
Joachim Trier, Jafar Panahi, Oliver Laxe, Mascha Schilinski
For our European Cinema Roundtable, we’ve brought together filmmakers behind four of the most discussed and…
European Film Award Winners
The European Film Awards (EFA), the top pan-European cinema honor, has kicked off in Berlin. You can check…
Matthijs Wouter Knol on the European Academy’s Awards Season Pivot
This year’s awards race has seen an unprecedented surge for European talent with several films from…
Kangding Ray on Creating ‘Sirat’s’ Techno Score
Oliver Laxe’s “Sirât” is both ambitious and radical, according to the film’s composer and musician Kangding…
Oscars Shortlists 2026 Analysis: Sinners, Wicked: For Good, Sirat
Are the Oscar shortlists a reflection of the overall preferences of the Academy of Motion Picture…
‘Sirat’ Director Oliver Laxe Gets Toronto Film Fest Retrospective
Oliver Laxe‘s celebrated fourth feature, Sirat, nabbed the Jury Prize at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival.…
Oliver Laxe Looks Beyond ‘Sirat’
The arid plains might soon give way to something far more verdant for “Sirat” director Oliver…