‘La Bola Negra’ Wins Top Audience Award at Toronto Film Festival
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The film La Bola Negra won a big prize.
It won the People's Choice Award.
This happened at the Toronto International Film Festival.
The festival is in Canada.
Many people go to see new films there.
At the end, people vote for their favorite film.
This year, they chose La Bola Negra.
This award is very special.
In the past, many winners of this award later won an Oscar.
The Oscar is a very famous film prize.
So, people now think La Bola Negra could win an Oscar too.
The film festival happens every year in September.
Many new films show there for the first time.
This is good news for the people who made the film.
Vocabulary15 words
- award
- a prize you get for doing something well
- festival
- a special event where many films are shown
- vote
- to choose something you like best
- Oscar
- a very famous prize for movies
- audience
- the people who watch a film
- prize
- something you win
- director
- the person who makes a film
- premiere
- the first time a film is shown
- favorite
- the one you like most
- famous
- known by many people
- special
- not like other things; important
- win
- to get first place
- movie
- a film you watch
- Canada
- a country in North America
- September
- the ninth month of the year
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1. The People's Choice Award 2. Toronto International Film Festival 3. True
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The film La Bola Negra won a big _____.
It won the People's Choice _____.
This happened at the Toronto International Film _____.
The festival is in _____.
Many people go to see new _____ there.
At the end, people _____ for their favorite film.
This year, they chose _____ Bola Negra.
This award is very _____.
In the past, many winners of this award later won an _____.
So, people now think La Bola Negra could win an Oscar too.
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