‘La Bola Negra’ Wins Oscar-Predictive Toronto Film Festival People’s Choice Award
The People’s Choice Award from the just-wrapped 51st Toronto Film Festival has gone to Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s La Bola Negra, with first runner-up going to I Play Rocky and second runner-up Being Heumann. Also in the awards revealed Sunday morning, the International People’s Choice Award went to Simon Stone’s Elsinore. The Documentary People’s […]
"La Bola Negra," a Spanish queer epic about three gay men, has won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival, signaling its potential as a strong contender for Oscar recognition. This annual award, voted on by festivalgoers, has a strong track record of predicting Oscar success, with all but one winner since 2012 going on to receive a best-picture nomination.
Directed by the duo Los Javis, the film already garnered attention at Cannes, sharing the best director award with Paweł Pawlikowski for "Fatherland." Netflix secured the film's rights after its Cannes triumph and is giving it the longest theatrical release at the streaming platform yet. The film opens in theaters on October 16 and will begin streaming on December 2.
The filmmakers expressed their gratitude for the audience's connection to the story, calling it a "deeply personal" yet important message about self-expression.
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- ‘La Bola Negra’ Wins People’s Choice Award at Toronto Film Festival thewrap.com
- ‘La Bola Negra’ wins TIFF’s People Choice Award, putting it on Oscar path winnipegfreepress.com
- La Bola Negra wins TIFF People's Choice Award cbc.ca
- Toronto: Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi’s ‘La Bola Negra’ Wins Audience Award hollywoodreporter.com
