‘La Bola Negra’ Wins People’s Choice Award at Toronto Film Festival
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La Bola Negra, a Spanish drama co-written and directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, took home the People's Choice Award at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival. The film, which is based on an unfinished play by Federico Garcia Lorca, premiered at Cannes in May and received the Best Director Award for its creators. Following its Cannes debut, La Bola Negra was acquired by Netflix, who subsequently plan for a major theatrical release and a robust awards campaign.
This marks the first time a non-English-language film has won the People's Choice Award since Where Do We Go Now? in 2011. At most major film festivals, juries determine the top awards; however, Toronto's People's Choice prize is determined by public voting. Viewers at TIFF's public screenings cast their votes online, and the film garnering the highest percentage of votes wins the prize.
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