La Bola Negra premieres at Cannes with international cast
Los Javis' La Bola Negra premiered in competition at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where the directing duo shared the Best Director award and the film received a lengthy standing ovation. The 155-minute drama intercuts three storylines of gay men in 1932, 1937 and 2017, with Federico García Lorca's unfinished work and murder serving as a historical backdrop; it adapts Alberto Conejero's play La piedra oscura. The cast includes Penélope Cruz, Glenn Close and Spanish singer Guitarricadelafuente in his acting debut, and the film will open in Spain on September 25, in U.S. theaters on October 16, and stream on Netflix December 2.
La Bola Negra won Best Director at Cannes and streams on Netflix.
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The film had its world premiere at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival and won a shared Best Director award. It will have a Spanish theatrical run, a U.S. theatrical release, and later stream on Netflix in North America.
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