BFF: Sirāt

BBFC RatingBFF: Sirāt

Showing: 08 November 2025

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Sat 8 Nov 2025

CertificateNot Rated
Year2025
GenreAction, Drama
Director(s)Oliver Laxe
Writer(s)Santiago Fillol, Oliver Laxe
Language Spanish, French, English, Arabic
CountrySpain, France
Running Time1HR 55MINS
Extra InfoEnglish Subtitles
Season Belfast Film Festival

Saying almost anything in advance about visionary director Oliver Laxe’s fourth film seems too much like a spoiler. It should be enough just to say, “It’s amazing; go and see it.”

Nevertheless, a lot has indeed been said since it went down a storm with critics on its initial screening at the Cannes Film Festival, and where it won the Jury Prize, earlier this year.

Given the Islamic name for the narrow bridge between heaven and hell, this film is like walking a tightrope stretched out along the breathtaking Moroccan landscape - accompanied by some banging beats. It’s very much at home on the big screen, with the photography and soundscape being exactly why. It’s a film that illustrates a particular kind of human vulnerability, but is also big, loud and at times totally insane.

You might laugh, you might cry, who knows? But if you see this film, completely gripped to a kind of unblinking incredulity, you won’t be thinking about figuring out the profound metaphorical meaning until long after the credits roll.

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