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  "id": 7746022,
  "title": "Oscars: Spain Selects ‘La Bola Negra’ for International Features Race",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/oscars-spain-selects-la-bola-negra-for-international-features-race",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-16T08:38:31.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
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    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/awards/oscars-spain-javier-calvo-javier-ambrossi-la-bola-negra-1236863433/"
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  "account": null,
  "summary": "“La Bola Negra,” Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s Cannes Festival sensation, is Spain’s submission for the 2027 international feature film Academy Award. Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s “The Beloved, ”starring Javier Bardem, and Alauda Ruiz de Azua’s Goya and San Sebastián winner “Sundays” also figured in Spain’s international feature shortlist, arguably the strongest in Spanish history. Any other […]",
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Variety",
        "title": "Oscars: Indonesia Selects Kamila Andini’s ‘Four Seasons in Java’ for International Feature Race (EXCLUSIVE)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/oscars-indonesia-selects-kamila-andinis-four-seasons-in-java-for",
        "published": "2026-09-16T06:18:27.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "Oscars: Spain Selects ‘La Bola Negra’ For International Feature Film Race",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/oscars-spain-selects-la-bola-negra-for-international-feature-film-race",
        "published": "2026-09-16T09:17:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Hollywood Reporter",
        "title": "Oscars: Spain Picks ‘La Bola Negra’ for Best International Feature Film Race",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/oscars-spain-picks-la-bola-negra-for-best-international-feature-film",
        "published": "2026-09-16T09:27:57.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}