by Alex Billington
July 16, 2026
Source: YouTube
“The dream goes through time…” Movistar has debuted the full official Spanish trailer for La Bola Negra, one of the biggest surprise hits from the 2026 Cannes Film Festival. Everyone has been raving about it since May! The title La Bola Negra means The Black Ball in English, a reference to an actual event and story that the film is inspired by (and tells within the story in the film as well). The plot is set in 1932, 1937, and 2017, exploring the inter-connected lives of three gay men throughout Spanish history. It also explores what it means to be gay throughout different eras, focusing on “three existences” that are connected with themes of sexuality, desire, pain, and inheritance. Starring Guitarricadelafuente as Sebastián, Carlos González as Alberto, Miguel Bernardeau as Rafael, Milo Quifes, Lola Dueñas, plus appearances by Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close (who are both fabulous in the film). This powerful queer drama is deeply connected to the Spanish Civil War and the pain the nation still feels dealing with the horrible things that happened during that time. La Bola Negra hits theaters first in Spain starting in September / October coming up this fall, then Netflix will release it in the US in theaters in November briefly before its streaming debut at the end of the year. Every cinephile needs to watch this film when they can! It’s a must see feature from 2026.
Here’s the official Spanish trailer for Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo’s film La Bola Negra, via YouTube:
You can rewatch the first teaser trailer for the Javi’s La Bola Negra film right here for the first look again.
Explores what it means to be gay within different eras, focusing on “three existences” that are connected through themes of sexuality, desire, pain, and inheritance. La bola negra tells the interconnected stories of three men in three different eras. Following three lives intimately linked by sexuality and desire, pain and inheritance, and one of Federico García Lorca’s last, unfinished works. La Bola Negra is co-directed by Spanish actors / filmmakers Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo, of the film Holy Camp! previously, and the TV series “Paquita Salas”, “Veneno”, “The Messiah” as well. The screenplay is by Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, & Alberto Conejero. Based on La bola negra by Federico García Lorca & La piedra oscura by Alberto Conejero. Produced by Jorge Pezzi, Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo. This first premiered at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival back in May playing in the Main Competition where it won the Best Director(s) prize. Movistar will debut Ambrossi & Calvo’s La Bola Negra in Spanish cinemas starting September 25th, 2026 coming soon. Netflix will then release it in US theaters starting November 6th this fall. Ready to watch this now?
