Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi’s La Bola Negra has won the audience award at this year’s London Film Festival. The festival concluded last month, with the audience prize announced afterward.
The film, which debuted at Cannes, stars Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos González, Milo Quifes, Penélope Cruz, Lola Dueñas and Glenn Close. Its story follows three men in 1932, 1937 and 2017, exploring LGBT heritage and paying tribute to murdered Spanish poet and playwright Federico García Lorca.
La Bola Negra has also been submitted by Spain for the Oscar Best International Feature race and won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto Film Festival. Its global box office has surpassed $43 million.
Grace Harper Brighouse’s Dependence received the London Film Festival Audience Award for Best British Discovery. The documentary examines Brighouse’s strained relationship with her father following his OxyContin addiction, drawing on home movies filmed from her childhood through adulthood.
Sources: Deadline.