Romanian actor-turned-director Alina Grigore took home San Sebastian's Golden Shell for best film for her intimate debut feature BlueMoon
awards ceremony, with the Romanian actor-turned-director Alina Grigore taking the Golden Shell for Best Film for her intimate debut feature “Blue Moon.” The film, a raw realist study of a young woman attempting to free herself from an abusive rural household, was an unexpected winner, besting a number of higher-profile auteur films in the festival’s main competition.
Kulumbegashvili’s jury was more inclined to spread the wealth than last year’s, even awarding a tie for one of the festival’s newly gender-neutral acting prizes. Chastain was present to accept her half of the leading award for her committed star turn as controversial televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in Michael Showalter’s biopic, getting her projected Best Actress Oscar campaign off to a strong start.
Completing a female stronghold on the top competition prizes, avant-garde French-Bosnian director Lucile Hadžihalilović took the runner-up Special Jury Prize for her third feature, the darkly surreal adult fairytale “Earwig.” In the festival’s other competitive sidebars, the female dominance continued. In the New Directors section — somewhat overshadowed by the dominance of first features in the top contest — Russian newcomer Lena Lanskih won for her somber teen motherhood study “Unwanted.” And
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