Palme d’Or nominee and co-winner of Best Director at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival
A bold tapestry spanning nearly a century of Spanish history, La Bola Negra tells the story of three generations of gay men whose lives are intimately connected through desire, pain, and love in this celebrated film from Cannes-winning directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi.
Tickets: $11 (members), $16 (nonmembers)
"One of the most moving films of 2026, La Bola Negra takes an unfinished work by Federico Garcia Lorca and spins it off into a generations-spanning study of war, sexuality, homophobia, and buried love."
"It is nearly impossible to grasp the structural effort required to fluidly create one perfectly coherent story using three narratives told across three timelines, each with a distinct visual identity."
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