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Oscars 2027: Is ‘La Bola Negra’ the Biggest Threat to ‘The Odyssey’ for Best Picture?

The public-voted award is an early audience signal that has helped position the Spanish queer epic as a possible 2027 Academy Awards contender.

Summary by The Hindu
Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s ‘La Bola Negra’ has added the TIFF People’s Choice Award to its Cannes Best Director prize and Spain’s official Oscar submission, giving the Netflix film one of the strongest early precursor profiles in the 2027 Best Picture race, even as ‘The Odyssey’ remains the consensus film to beat

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The tribute to Lorca premieres in Spain on September 25, after winning the public prize at the Toronto Festival and showing off in San Sebastián.

·Madrid, Spain
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The Spanish drama The Black Ball, directed by Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo, has won the top prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film, inspired by Federico Garcia Lorca, sheds light on the theme of human rights.

·Ljubljana, Slovenia
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·Amsterdam, Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
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