'La Bola Negra' by Los Javis Shortlisted to Represent Spain at the 2027 Oscars
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'La bola negra' by Los Javis shortlisted to represent Spain at the 2027 Oscars
With further possible nominations for the civil‑war drama yet to be announced, the film, hailed at Cannes and TIFF for its three intertwined 'queer' stories, pulls ahead of the other Spanish contenders: "El ser querido" by Sorogoyen and "Los domingos" by Ruíz de Azúa.
The film, which won the Best Direction Award at the Cannes Festival, arrives at the cinemas on September 25th.
Almost two weeks ago, the Film Academy announced the three short films shortlisted to represent Spain in the 99th edition of the red carpet. And now, this Wednesday, the filmmaker Alejandro Amenábar has been in charge of issuing the final result of the vote of the academics: The black ball of Los Javis is ... Continue reading "The Javis to the conquest of Hollywood: the Academy chooses ‘The black ball’ to represent Spain in the Oscar 2027"
Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, the Javis, were awarded the Best Direction award at the Cannes Film Festival
The latest production of Los Javis won the Best Direction award at the last Cannes Festival and is released on September 25th
The film covers three moments of Spanish history (1932, 1937 and 2017) through the interconnected lives of three men united by desire, pain, inheritance and silence transmitted between generations.
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