Women win top prizes at San Sebastian Film Festival
SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AP) — Female actors and filmmakers took residence prime prizes on the San Sebastian Film Pageant on Saturday, with the Golden Shell for most interesting film going to the Romanian director’s “Blue Moon” (“Crai Nou”) Alina Grigore went .
American actress and producer Jessica Chastain was honored for her portrayal of Christian televangelist Tammy Faye Messner in “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” on the 69th model of Spain’s largest film pageant.
Chastain shared the Best Foremost Place award with 16-year-old Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl, who starred throughout the Danish film “As in Heaven” (“Du som er i himlen”). Tea Lindeburg obtained the prize for most interesting director for the same film.
It was the first time that the film pageant launched gender-neutral awards, with out separate courses for men and women.
Tatiana Huezo’s “Prayers for the Stolen” (“Noche de fuego”) acquired the prize for the easiest Latin American film.
Totally different winners had been Claire Mathon, who obtained the cinematography award for “Undercover” (“Enquête sur un scandale d’état”) and Lucile Hadzihalilovic whose film “Earwig” earned her the pageant’s explicit prize, an honor she moreover obtained in 2015. .
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