277 - The Sound of Sirât, with Director Óliver Laxe

After winning the Cannes Jury Prize in 2025, “Sirât” has been added to the shortlist of potential nominees for Best Sound at this year’s upcoming Academy Awards®, a rare achievement for an international feature film. We are delighted to welcome acclaimed filmmaker Óliver Laxe, sound designer & supervising sound editor Laia Casanovas, re-recording mixer Yasmina Praderas, and production sound mixer Amanda Villavieja to talk to us about how they crafted such an immersive and visceral track for this powerful film. “We wanted to make a genre film inspired by American cinema from the ‘70s…. I come from underground cinema, from documentary. I like reality. I’m quite an orthodox filmmaker. But we wanted to make a genre film. We wanted to make a popular film. We wanted to transcend the cinephile audience. So I was afraid. The proposition [from sound designer] Laia [Casanovas] was, ‘let’s make a sound that was crispy. That you really feel it. We are having an experience in the cinema.’ I like when you go to a theater and you feel with your body, with your skin. The images, the sound — that was the goal… I’m really happy because it’s not just a film, thanks to the sound. It’s a ceremony.” —Óliver Laxe, Director, Writer, Producer, “Sirât” Be sure to check out “Sirât” in Dolby Atmos®, where available. The film will be in theaters in New York and LA on Friday, February 6, followed by a nationwide rollout later in February. Check out our playlist of exclusive interviews with the 2026 Academy Award® nominees. Please

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277 - The Sound of Sirât, with Director Óliver Laxe is an episode from Sound + Image Lab: The Dolby Institute Podcast by Dolby.

This episode is 37:22 long.

This episode was published on Jan 9, 2026.

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