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Romanian movie "Blue Moon" took the Golden
Shell for best film at the 69th edition of Spain's biggest film
festival.
The festival's first ever gender-neutral acting award, for best
leading performance, was awarded jointly to Chastain for "The
Eyes of Tammy Faye" and Hofmann Lindahl for her role in "As in
Heaven".
"How exciting is it this year to celebrate two female
performances, it blows my mind," Chastain said.
In "The Eyes of Tammy Faye", two-time Oscar nominee Chastain
depicts the rise and fall of Christian televangelist Tammy Faye
Bakker, a role that is already generating Oscar buzz for the
star.
Tea Lindeburg won the Silver Shell for best director for "As in
Heaven", an unflinching look at motherhood in the 19th century
told through the eyes of a teenage girl.
"Blue Moon" is the feature debut of Romanian director Alina
Grigore and follows a young woman trying to escape from an
abusive rural home.
Other big winners were Claire Mathon, who won best
cinematography for French thriller "Undercover", and
French-Bosnian director Lucile Hadzihalilovic, who won the
festival's special prize for her film, the surreal "Earwig".
Tatiana Huezo won best Latin American film for "Prayers for the
Stolen".
Celine Sciamma took the main audience award for "Petite Maman",
while Emmanuel Carrere's "Between Two Worlds" starring Juliette
Binoche, won the audience award for best European film.
The lone male winner in the individual categories was British
director Terence Davies, who won best screenplay for his
Siegfried Sassoon biopic, "Benediction".
(Reporting by Vincent West; Writing by Jessica Jones; Editing by
Angus MacSwan)
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