The Match Factory has closed more international distribution deals for the Cannes Competition title Sirat by Oliver Laxe not already picked up by Neon and Mubi.
The Jury Prize winner has also been acquired by Altitude for UK and Ireland, Cine Video y TV for Latin America, Cineart for the Benelux, while Germany and Austria goes to Pandora Film and Switzerland goes to Filmcoopi.
Sirat centers on a father and son joining a group of itinerant ravers in the deserts of Morocco in search for one last party. The Hollywood Reporter’s review called it a “techno-infused meditation on death and grief.”
Other deals include Japan (Transformer), South Korea (Challan), Taiwan (Andrews Film), Australia and New Zealand (Madman Entertainment), Poland (New Horizons), Sweden (TriArt Film) and Norway (Fidalgo). Sirat, which also earned the Cannes Soundtrack Award in Cannes, earlier went to Neon for North America and Mubi took the film for Italy, Turkey, and India.
A synopsis from the film’s producers explains: “A father (Sergi López) and his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco. They’re searching for Mar — daughter and sister — who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties. Surrounded by electronic music and a raw, unfamiliar sense of freedom, they hand out her photo again and again. Hope is fading but they push through and follow a group of ravers heading to one last party in the desert. As they venture deeper into the burning wilderness, the journey forces them to confront their own limits.”
Sirat stars López, Brúno Nuñez, Stefania Gadda, Joshua Liam Henderson, Tonin Janvier, Jade Oukid and Richard Bellamy. The producer credits are shared by Pedro Almodóvar, Agustín Almodóvar, Esther García, Xavi Font, Laxe, Oriol Maymó, Mani Mortazavi, Andrea Queralt and Domingo Corral.
