Overview
- Netflix announced Wednesday, June 24, that La Bola Negra will open in U.S. theaters for a 28-day run starting Nov. 6 and will stream on Netflix on Dec. 4.
- The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival where it shared the Best Director prize for Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi and drew a roughly 20-minute standing ovation.
- Industry reports say U.S. rights were sold at Cannes by Goodfellas and CAA Media Finance for a reported $4 million to $5 million to Netflix.
- La Bola Negra is a sweeping triptych co-written and directed by Los Javis with Alberto Conejero, drawing on one of Federico García Lorca’s unfinished works and featuring an international cast that includes Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close.
- The pickup follows a common festival-to-streamer path where a brief theatrical window helps prestige titles qualify for awards and build box-office visibility while placing queer Spanish storytelling and Lorca’s legacy before a larger international audience.