Penélope Cruz & Glenn Close's Netflix Movie Just Got a Major Oscar Boost, Here’s Why
The Cannes festival favorite drew a 16-minute standing ovation and won best director as Netflix plans a 47-day U.S. theatrical window.
- Spain's Academia de Cine announced Wednesday that 'La Bola Negra,' the Cannes Festival sensation from directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, is the country's official submission for the 2027 International Feature Film Academy Award.
- Heavily researched, the film braids three stories chronicling Spain's gay experience in 1932, 1937, and 2017, picking up on unfinished work by poet Federico Garc, who was killed by Franco's troops in 1936.
- Following a 16 minute standing ovation at Cannes, Netflix picked up the film for the U.S. and Canada, setting a 47-day theatrical window starting Oct. 16, the longest in the streamer's history.
- Spain's international feature shortlist also included 'The Beloved' and 'Sundays,' arguably the strongest in Spanish history; Alejandro Amen said choosing any film other than 'La Bola Negra' would have been a huge shock.
- The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will announce the shortlist on Dec. 15, with the final selection on Jan. 21, ahead of the 99th Academy Awards ceremony scheduled for March 14 in Los Angeles.
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Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close‘s next Netflix movie just got a huge boost. Their upcoming movie has recently received major Oscar buzz. The film, La Bola Negra, is directed by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo. In a latest update on X, Netflix revealed that La Bola Negra has now been chosen as Spain’s official entry […] The post Penélope Cruz & Glenn Close’s Netflix Movie Just Got a Major Oscar Boost, Here’s Why appeared first on ComingSoon.net - …
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This Wednesday, film director Alejandro Amenábar confirmed from the Film Academy what seemed to be a secret: The black ball of Los Javis is the representative of Spain in the Oscars 2027. The adaptation, the result of an unfinished idea of the poet Federico García Lorca, has been imposed on On Sundays ... Continue reading "The black ball", shooting the Oscars 2027: predictions, rivals and the real possibilities of the film on the red carpet"
The election of 'The Black Ball' to represent Spain in the race to be nominated to the Oscar for best international film has been greeted with emotion by its directors, Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, who are aware that the campaign that begins will force them to 'live months stuck in a suitcase'.
Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrosio's La Bola Negra, which garnered much attention at this year's Cannes Film Festival, has been selected as Spain's entry for the 2027 Oscar for Best International Film.
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