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(L-R) Spanish actor Javier Calvo, Spanish actess Penelope Cruz and Spanish writer Javier Ambrossi seen at the photocall for the film The Black Ball (La Bola Negra) in Cannes earlier this year (is associated with: «Spanish queer drama 'The Black Ball' wins at Toronto Film Festival») Doug Peters/PA Wire/dpa Spanish queer drama "La Bola Negra" ("The Black Ball"), directed by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, has won the People's Choice Award award at the 51st Toronto International Film Festival.
This was announced by the festival's director, Cameron Bailey, at an awards ceremony on Sunday. The winning film interweaves the stories of three men living in different eras in Spain, all of whom face social oppression because of their homosexuality.
The runner-up was Peter Farrelly's "I Play Rocky," which chronicles actor Sylvester Stallone's difficult journey to the first "Rocky" film.
Third place went to "Being Heumann" by Siân Heder, the Oscar-winning writer and director of "CODA." The biopic about US disability rights activist Judy Heumann opened the festival.
Simon Stone's "Elsinore," starring Andrew Scott in the lead role, won the International People's Choice Award.
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