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The 2026 fall festival season has crystallized the 2027 Oscar race, with 'La Bola Negra' and 'Wild Horse Nine' emerging as top contenders. 'The Odyssey' remains the Best Picture favorite, while Julianne Moore leads the Best Actress race. The TIFF People's Choice Award's historical correlation with Best Picture nominations suggests a wide-open field, though 'Wild Horse Nine' and 'The Debut' missed the podium.
The Spanish-language film La Bola Negra has won the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award, a key indicator for Academy Award success. Directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, the 160-minute drama is the first Netflix title to claim the prize. It is currently positioned as a strong contender for the 2027 Best Picture Oscar, with Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close among its cast.
The Spanish-language drama 'La Bola Negra' won the top People’s Choice Award at the 51st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), a prize often cited as a predictor for the Academy Awards. Directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, the film is set for a theatrical release on October 16 before streaming on Netflix in December. The win follows a competitive bidding war after its Cannes premiere, where the directors received the best director prize. Runners-up included Peter Farrelly’s 'I Play Rocky' and Sian Heder’s 'Being Heumann.'
Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s Spanish epic La Bola Negra won the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Award, a key indicator for Academy Award success. The film, which explores gay life across three eras, is Spain’s official Oscar entry and will release on Netflix in October. Other major winners included I Play Rocky and Being Heumann as runners-up, while Simon Stone’s Elsinore took the International People’s Choice Award.
Spanish queer epic 'La Bola Negra' won the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Award, a key indicator for Oscar success. Directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, the film follows three men across three eras and is Spain’s official submission for the International Feature category. Netflix, which acquired US rights after a bidding war, will release the film in theaters on October 16, 2026. The award marks the first foreign-language winner since 2011, with 'I Play Rocky' and 'Being Heumann' as runners-up.
Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s 'La Bola Negra' won the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival People’s Choice Award, a key indicator for the upcoming Academy Awards. The Spanish-language drama, which follows three generations of queer men, is Spain’s official Oscar entry and will release in theaters on Oct. 16. The win follows a strong run at Cannes, where the film won Best Director. Other notable winners include 'I Play Rocky' and 'Being Heumann' as runners-up, and 'Elsinore' for the International People’s Choice Award.
Netflix will publicly report grosses for six upcoming titles—La Bola Negra, The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth, Mosquito Bowl, Ink, Narnia: The Magician’s Nephew and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory—marking a shift toward theatrical transparency to appease exhibitors and talent, with varied theatrical windows before streaming.
Netflix is testing longer theatrical runs for select films and will start reporting box office grosses for six upcoming releases, signaling a potential shift toward traditional cinema metrics while continuing its streaming-first strategy.
Spanish directors Los Javis premiered La Bola Negra at Cannes to a historic 20-minute ovation, an emotional, century-spanning epic about three gay men in Spain that signals a major breakthrough for the duo amid a relatively quiet festival.
TIFF has unveiled its 2026 Gala and Special Presentations lineup, featuring world premieres from nearly 30 countries and high-profile titles from Cannes, Sundance, and more, including Fjord, Club Kid, Minotaur, La Bola Negra, and Gentle Monster; Sundance favorites Josephine and The Only Living Pickpocket in New York appear in Special Presentations, with opening night Being Heumann and closing night Villeneuve: The Rise of a Legend, as the festival runs September 10–20.
Deadline’s Cannes coverage gathers predictions from Pete Hammond and Damon Wise as the festival nears its finale. La Bola Negra is touted as the frontrunner for the Palme d’Or, with Fjord a strong candidate for the Grand Prize, and Fatherland seen as a likely Jury Prize winner. The critics diverge on other honors, flagging contenders such as The Dreamed Adventure, Coward, The Man I Love, Gentle Monster, Paper Tiger and Sheep in the Box, all reflecting Cannes’ notorious unpredictability under Park Chan-wook’s jury.
Netflix is nearing a deal to acquire La Bola Negra (The Black Ball) for around $5 million after a Cannes premiere sparked a bidding war, with Neon, A24 and Mubi pursuing U.S. rights and Goodfellas negotiating international terms, though the deal remains contingent. The queer epic, from Los Javis, stars Guitarradelafuente in his screen debut alongside Glenn Close and a Penélope Cruz cameo, and follows three gay men across 1932, 1937 and 2017 as it competes for Palme d’Or and the Queer Palm.
Netflix is close to acquiring U.S. rights to La Bola Negra, a Spanish-language Cannes front-runner by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, in what insiders call a record-breaking non-English title deal worth about $4–5 million. The deal includes a multi-week theatrical window and an awards campaign. Neon, A24 and Mubi are among the U.S. buyers, with Spain’s Elastica and France’s Le Pacte co-producing; the film stars Penélope Cruz and premiered at Cannes to enthusiastic ovations, following a production backed by Movistar Plus+, Suma Content Films, El Deseo and Le Pacte.
After a 16-minute standing ovation at Cannes, Los Javis’ La Bola Negra sparked a multi-studio bidding war for U.S. rights, with A24, Mubi, and Netflix among bidders; the queer epic spanning 85 years of Spanish history, inspired by Lorca and featuring a cameo by Penélope Cruz, is produced by Suma Content Films with Goodfellas handling international sales and a Spain release set for Oct. 2.
Penélope Cruz's La Bola Negra premiered at the Cannes Film Festival to a 20-minute ovation, one of the longest for a premiere, as directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi present a Lorca-inspired drama about three men across 1932, 1937 and 2017, featuring Cruz alongside Miguel Bernardeau and Glenn Close. The project is a Movistar Plus+ and El Deseo production, shot in 35mm across Spain.