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La Bola Negra wins Toronto film festival people’s choice award

Spanish queer drama La Bola Negra has won the main audience award at this year’s Toronto film festival. Netflix acquired its US rights after its Cannes premiere and will release the film later this year; it is the award’s first foreign-language winner since 2011.

  • La Bola Negra won Toronto’s main audience award.
  • The film spans 1932, 1937 and 2017 and follows interconnected gay men.
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The Guardian Film
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Indigenous Filmmakers at TIFF: Eight Films Backed by ISO and Federal Funding

Eight First Nations films financed with help from the Indigenous Film Office (ISO) and federal and industry backers are premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival. ISO and government representatives cite larger budgets and increased U.S.–Canada collaboration as factors in growing Indigenous visibility at TIFF.

  • Eight First Nations films at TIFF received financing from ISO and federal/industry backers.
  • Named films include Cody Lightning’s Smudge The Blades, Marie Clements’ How We Stand, Turtle Island RAP and In the Heart of the South.
1 sources88% confidence
The Hollywood Reporter Movies
Festivals and DistributionDEVELOPING

Mads Mengel’s Debut ‘The Guest’ Sells to U.S. and Nine European Territories

Danish director Mads Mengel’s debut feature The Guest has been sold in the U.S. and nine European territories. The deals follow the film’s prize-winning world premiere in competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in July.

  • Mads Mengel’s The Guest has secured U.S. and European distribution deals.
  • Juno Films acquired the U.S. rights in a deal handled by LevelK.
1 sources87% confidence
Deadline Film