Oliver Laxe’s pre-apocalyptic rave and road trip odyssey Sirāt rolled through the 48th Denver Film Festival and emerged as the best feature.

The film, which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival before going on to collect multiple awards throughout the year, earned the Krzysztof Kieslowski Award for best feature thanks to a jury comprised of veteran film critic and programmer David Ansen, Variety chief awards editor Clayton Davis and Bleeding Love actress and producer Clara McGregor.

“A movie you’ll never forget, Oliver Laxe’s Sirāt immerses us in a terrifying and compassionate world we’ve never seen on screen before, with brilliant performances, sound design and cinematography,” the trio said in their official statement. “No one who sees it will be able to shake i

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