The Oscars' New Benchmark: What "La Bola Negra" Means for Industry Status Quo The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) has long been a bellwether of Oscar success.
This year's People's Choice Award winner, "La Bola Negra," is the latest confirmation that TIFF is now a critical stop on the road to Academy recognition.
Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi's generational queer drama outpaced Peter Farrelly's crowd pleaser "I Play Rocky" and Siân Heder's Apple project "Being Heumann.