Los Javis Unveil Upcoming Lorca-Inspired Feature ‘La Bola Negra’: The First Time the Duo Has ‘Written About What It Means to Be a Gay Man’
Jamie Lang During a Movistar+ presentation at the historic Telefónica Building on Madrid’s Gran Via this afternoon, renowned writer-director-producer duo Los Javis – Javier Ambrossi and Javier Calvo – shared early details about their next project, “La bola negra,” a multi-timelined feature about what it is and has meant to be a gay man in Spain throughout the last century.
A day after their series “La Mesías” won the Rose d’Or Award for best mini or limited series at Content Americas, Ambrossi and Calvo – known locally as Los Javis – revealed that they’re in the final stages of putting the project together and will begin shooting later this year.
Abrossi and Calvo are writing, directing, and co-producing the feature through their label Suma Content, which is teaming with Movistar+, its production and distribution partner, on “La Mesías.” “La bola negra” is a “queer revisitation of a part of the history of our country,” explained Ambrossi from the stage.
The film shares its name with one of legendary gay Spanish poet, playwright and theater director Federico García Lorca’s unfinished works.
