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The move gives the Spanish-language Oscar hopeful Netflix’s longest theatrical window ever, surpassing the 30 days for Marriage Story.
- On Tuesday, Netflix announced it moved up the theatrical release of La Bola Negra to Oct. 16, with the film arriving on the streaming service on Dec. 2.
- Spanning 85 years of Spanish history, the queer epic from directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi—known as Los Javis—draws on an unfinished fragment by poet Federico García Lorca.
- The 46-day exclusive theatrical window marks the longest commitment Netflix has given any title to date, surpassing the 30-day period previously accorded to Marriage Story.
- At the Toronto International Film Festival next month, star Penélope Cruz will receive the TIFF Special Tribute Award as the film screens in the Special Presentations section.
- Netflix's aggressive courtship of exhibitors for prestige plays underscores this strategic move, fitting into a fall awards slate that includes acquisitions like Ink and The Mosquito Bowl.
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Quick News: Bola, Secret, Deadlocked, Poetic
La Bola Negra (The Black Ball) Los Javis’s Spanish-language Oscar hopeful “La Bola Negra” is set to have hte longest theatrical run in Netflix history – the title hits cinemas October 16th ahead of a December 4th bow on the service – a gap of 47 days. It beats the previous record-holder, Noah Baumbach’s relationship drama “Marriage Story,” which had a full 30-day window in 2019. The film spans 85 years of Spanish history, from the 1930s to the p…
The giant of streaming makes his priority the ambitious film with which Ambrossi and Calvo won the award for the best direction in Cannes
The premiere of The Black Ball in Cinemas will mark an unprecedented milestone in Netflix’s exhibition strategy. With its maneuver, the company also moves the faith deposited in the film of Los Javis in the face of the awards season, especially with the Oscars. In fact, the feature film is already enjoying advertising in Hollywood: the trailer of the film with which Javier Calvo and Ambrossi received the second biggest applause in history in Can…
The move has consisted in advancing the release date in the North American country to three weeks, showing on billboards since October 16 Pedro Pastor cancels his tour in the US: “I have not been censored, but they have put obstacles to having the visa on time” Alfonso Cuarón, 23 days; Martin Scorsese, 27; Noah Baumbach, 30; and the Javis, up to a total of 47 days. The black ball will have the longest period in the US billboard before its premie…
Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo's award-winning film at the Cannes Festival will be distributed in the USA by Netflix, which has made it their priority for the award season.
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