OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival Opening Night – La Bola Negra
October 15 @ 7:00 pm - 11:59 pm
The OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival returns for its Fall Edition running October 15 – 25, 2026, in South Florida. This edition brings more than 20 new international, North American, East Coast and Florida premieres from 20 countries to Broward and Miami-Dade counties!
Internationally acclaimed as one of the largest LGBTQ+ cultural festivals in the world, this season’s OUTshine line-up reinforces the festival team’s commitment to artistic and cultural solidarity by offering vibrant, thought-provoking, entertaining and educational star-studded features, documentaries and shorts.
The award-winning historical drama La Bola Negra (Spain, France 2026) will kick off the festivities in Broward on Thursday, October 15, at 7 p.m., at Regal Dania Pointe. La Bola Negra, directed, co-written and produced by Cannes-winning directors Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi (Los Javis) weaves a tale of three gay men living across three generations who find their lives linked by love, loss, and an unfinished work by Federico García Lorca that echoes through Spain\’s queer history. Calvo and Ambrossi’s La Bola Negra stars Spanish music sensation Guitarricadelafuente, Miguel Bernardeau, Carlos González, Milo Quifes, Lola Dueñas, Julio Torres, Penélope Cruz and Glenn Close. This ambitious drama is both a tribute to Lorca\’s artistic legacy and a powerful celebration of resilience and self-expression.
The film runs 155 minutes and is in Spanish with English subtitles.
An afterparty will follow at Dania Pointe’s 14 North Daiquiri Bar.
Tickets for this event are $75 each (not including service fees). OUTshine passholders and Producer Circle members receive priority advance ticket purchase opportunities. For a full listing of films, parties, special events and more and to purchase tickets, visit outshinefilm.com.