Guitarricadelafuente Wins SCAD Award for La Bola Negra…

From PlayStation Mic to Cannes Stage: Guitarricadelafuente’s Rise Is Just Beginning

The man behind 'Guantanamera' is now a Cannes winner — and he’s just getting started.

By The Long Shot1 Oct 20261 min read

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Guitarricadelafuente, the man who once recorded a song on a PlayStation mic, is now a Cannes-winning film star. The musician, known for viral hits like 'Guantanamera' and 'Nana Triste', has landed the Discovery Award at SCAD Savannah Film Festival — not for music, but for his feature debut in La Bola Negra.

The film, directed by Los Javis (Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi), opens in limited release October 16 before hitting Netflix on December 2. It’s already been picked up by HBO Max for a Spanish-language series spin-off, with the directors attached. The story follows three queer men across nearly a century of Spanish history: Sebastián, a soldier guarding a wounded prisoner during the Civil War.

Carlos, a young man rejected from a Granada club in 1932. And Albert, a historian uncovering family secrets in 2017. The ensemble cast includes Miguel Bernardeau, Milo Quife, Lola Dueñas, Penélope Cruz, Glenn Close, and Julio Torres. Guitarricadelafuente’s original song, ‘La Nieve’, is now streaming.

The film won People’s Choice at TIFF, Audience Award at San Sebastián, and Best Director at Cannes. He joins Helen Mirren, Julianne Moore, and Patrice Vermette as honorees at the festival, which runs October 24–31. So what happens next? The Netflix rollout begins in December, and if the buzz holds, it could be one of the year’s most talked-about global releases.

But first, the theatres. October 16. Let’s see how far this snowball rolls.