{"id":27986,"date":"2026-05-22T12:42:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:42:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/27986\/"},"modified":"2026-05-22T12:42:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T12:42:12","slug":"la-bola-negra-1st-clip-as-elastica-sets-october-release-in-spain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/27986\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018La Bola Negra\u2019 1st Clip As El\u00e1stica Sets October Release In Spain"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tEXCLUSIVE: Spanish distributor El\u00e1stica Films has set an October 2026 release for\u00a0Javier Ambrossi<\/a> and Javier Calvo<\/a>\u2019s Cannes<\/a> smash La Bola Negra<\/a> and unveiled a first clip.<\/p>\n

\n\tNews of the release date comes just hours after the film\u2019s triumphant Cannes competition premiere, where the feature received a 22-minute ovation<\/a> in the presence of the directors and cast which includes Penelope Cruz and star singer-songwriter Guitarricadelafuente.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe picture explores LGBT trauma and pays tribute to murdered Spanish poet and playwright Federico Garc\u00eda Lorca through the interconnected stories of three men in the three different eras of 1932, 1937 and 2017<\/p>\n

\n\tThe screenplay is inspired by Alberto Conejero\u2019s 2015 play La piedra oscura (Dark Stone) and an unfinished work by poet who was assassinated by Franco\u2019s Nationalists in 1936, in the early days of the Spanish War.<\/p>\n

\n\tKnown collectively as Los Javis, the directors previously made waves with their series La Mes\u00edas. Revolving around a traumatized camera assistant whose life is upended by a viral video featuring a Christian pop band of five sisters, it premiered at San Sebastian in 2023. <\/p>\n

\n\tLa Bola Negra is an original Movistar Plus+ film in collaboration with the directors\u2019 Suma Content Films and co-produced with Le Pacte, which also has French distribution rights.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOver the years, Los Javis have built a remarkable connection with audiences through their exponential creative voice. La Bola Negra represents a bold new step in their career. It\u2019s ambitious, moving, and deeply cinematic,\u201d\u00a0 said El\u00e1stica Films founder Enrique Costa. \u201cWe are incredibly proud to accompany the film on its journey to Spanish audiences this October.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAlice Labadie at Le Pacte said the company had been following the work of Los Javis for some time.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cReading the screenplay for La Bola Negra felt like discovering something truly unique. They have created a rich and unforgettable cinematic world unlike anything we had encountered before. The finished film exceeded every expectation. It\u2019s emotional, daring, profoundly original and for a very wide audience. It\u2019s a masterpiece,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\n\tInternational Sales on the film are handled my Goodfellas, which took on the mandate last Cannes when the production was first announced on the fringes of the festival.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt is rare to encounter filmmakers with such clarity of vision and command of storytelling so early in their international trajectory,\u201d said Goodfellas CEO Vincent Maraval.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cCannes is the ideal platform to introduce their work to global audiences, and we are thrilled to help bring this extraordinary film to the world stage and building a relationship that we hope will continue to grow well beyond this film.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tMoviestar Plus+ first worked with Calvo and Ambrossi on the La Mes\u00edas, releasing the hit show on the platform one month after its San Sebastian launch.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThey are two of the most talented and distinctive creators in contemporary European cinema. Following the original series La Mes\u00edas, we wanted to continue supporting a project as ambitious as La Bola Negra, a film that brings together all the elements of Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi\u2019s creative universe, this time taken to an epic and deeply moving dimension that we are convinced will resonate with a huge audience,\u201d said Guillermo Farr\u00e9, Director of Original Films and Spanish Cinema at Movistar Plus.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe are immensely proud that the first stop on the wonderful journey this film is embarking on is none other than the Official Selection of the Cannes Film Festival<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the directors speak about the film at the Deadline Studio here<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: Spanish distributor El\u00e1stica Films has set an October 2026 release for\u00a0Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo\u2019s Cannes smash…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27987,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[8254,12142,6659,7056,7057,14178,17],"class_list":["post-27986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-spain","tag-cannes","tag-cannes-2026","tag-cannes-film-festival","tag-javier-ambrossi","tag-javier-calvo","tag-la-bola-negra","tag-spain"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27986"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27986\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/spain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}