Admission will cost 5 € and can be purchased at the box office and through the entradium platform. The film, directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi (Los Javis), features a notable cast including Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos González, Milo Quifes, Lola Dueñas, Penélope Cruz, and Glenn Close.
«La bola negra» intertwines the lives of three men at different historical moments, united by desire, sexuality, pain, repression, and memory. Inspired by an unfinished work by Federico García Lorca and also linked to «La piedra oscura» by Alberto Conejero, the film constructs a narrative about loves that had to be lived in secret for decades and the traces these lives have left on the present.
Premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival, where the directors received the Best Director Award and the film competed for the Palme d'Or, «La bola negra» has had a remarkable international journey.
Among the accolades received in 2026 are the Audience Award at the Toronto International Film Festival and the San Sebastián Film Festival, the GIO Audience Award at the Sydney Film Festival, and the Director Award for Film at the Critics Choice Celebration of Latino Cinema & Television. Additionally, it was nominated for the Palme d'Or and the Queer Palm at Cannes.
For 2027, the film has been selected by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to represent Spain in the Best International Feature Film category at the Academy Awards. The production stands out for its extraordinary international trajectory and for transforming an intimate story about desire, identity, and memory into a grand narrative that spans generations.
