Filmmaker Oliver Laxe leads his crew and a group of ravers deep into the desert to shoot his feature, ‘Sirāt’. Within the confines of his hotel room in Morocco, something unspoken lingers in his chest as Laxe opens up for a recorded conversation. As filming intensifies in the barren landscape, the film begins to inhabit those who take part.
Uberto Rapisardi
An Italian filmmaker born in 1988, working at the intersection of fiction and documentary. He spent a decade as a member of the band The Veils, appearing with them in David Lynch’s ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ (2017). Since 2018 he has directed a series of experimental 16mm shorts, including ‘Na Y’a Lucky’ (2020). He co-created, co-produced and filmed ‘Jail Time Records’, shot inside Douala’s central prison, which won Best Documentary at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2026, where he also shared the award for Best Cinematography. ‘Vacío luminoso’ (2026), his first feature documentary, had its world premiere at Visions du Réel. The film follows Oliver Laxe and a group of non-actors through the making of Sirāt in the Moroccan desert.
DIRECTOR
Uberto Rapisardi
SCREENPLAY
Uberto Rapisardi
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Uberto Rapisardi
SOUND
Oriol Donat i Martos, Laia Casanovas
MUSIC
Kangding Ray
PRODUCTION
Oliver Laxe, Oriol Maymó, Xavi Font, Esther García
PRODUCTION COMPANY
Los Desertores Films
CAST
Oliver Laxe, Tonin Janvier, Stefania Gadda, Jade Oukid, Richard 'Bigui' Bellamy, Josh Herderson, Sergi López, Bruno Núñez Arjona
