The silent cry of the trees

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.

Outside, a great storm. Inside, by the warmth of the hearth, a couple doesn't know that tonight will be unlike any of the last forty years…