‘La Bola Negra’ wins TIFF’s People Choice Award, putting it on Oscar path
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“La Bola Negra,” the Spanish queer epic about the intertwined lives of three gay men, won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, confirming its status as a major Oscar contender.
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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 , first runner-up is I Play Rocky and second runner-up is Being Heumann.
The generational queer drama “La Bola Negra” has taken the 2026 TIFF People’s Choice Award, a coveted audience prize out of the annual film festival in Toronto. Directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, the Netflix project has been on a tear since world premiering in Cannes this year (where it e…
The queer period drama wins Oscar-predicting award, being named the most popular audience film at the festival Spanish queer drama La Bola Negra has won this year’s people’s choice award at the Toronto film festival.
“La Bola Negra,” the Spanish queer epic about the intertwined lives of three gay men, won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, confirming its status as a major Oscar contender.
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