'Blue moon', Romanian director Alina Grigore's first film, won the top prize at the San Sebastian festival Saturday, while Denmark's Tea Lindeburg another first-timer, took the best director for 'As In Heaven'.

The best leading performance accolade -- open for the first time to both sexes -- was shared by Denmark's Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl, who starred in 'As in Heaven'&nbsp;and American Jessica Chastain for her role in 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye'.

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Chastain, a two-time Oscar nominee, played the late Tammy Faye Bakker, wife of controversial TV evangelist Jim Bakker and also co-produced the film.

"I'm so honoured to share this award with Flora," said Chastain. "I hope the film reminds us to look beyond our first judgments," she added.

"I love what I do," said Hoffman Lindahl, who starred in 'As in Heaven,'&nbsp;set in the 19th century.

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"It was a unique and fantastic experience," Dane added of playing a 14-year-old, the eldest of her siblings and first in her family to go to school, whose plans radically are changed when her mother goes into labour.

The prize for best-supporting performance went to the cast of 'Quien lo impide'&nbsp;(Who's Stopping Us) while Terence Davies won the best screenplay jury award for 'Benediction'.&nbsp;

'Blue moon', Romanian director Alina Grigore's first film, won the top prize at the San Sebastian festival Saturday, while Denmark's Tea Lindeburg another first-timer, took the best director for 'As In Heaven'.

'Blue moon', Romanian director Alina Grigore's first film, won the top prize at the San Sebastian festival Saturday, while Denmark's Tea Lindeburg another first-timer, took the best director for 'As In Heaven'. The best leading performance accolade -- open for the first time to both sexes -- was shared by Denmark's Flora Ofelia Hofmann Lindahl, who starred in 'As in Heaven' and American Jessica Chastain for her role in 'The Eyes of Tammy Faye'. 'Massively grateful' Daniel Craig bids farewell to James Bond Chastain, a two-time Oscar nominee, played the late Tammy Faye Bakker, wife of controversial TV evangelist Jim Bakker and also co-produced the film. "I'm so honoured to share this award with Flora," said Chastain. "I hope the film reminds us to look beyond our first judgments," she added. "I love what I do," said Hoffman Lindahl, who starred in 'As in Heaven,' set in the 19th century. The Starling review: Grief knows not what grief does "It was a unique and fantastic experience," Dane added of playing a 14-year-old, the eldest of her siblings and first in her family to go to school, whose plans radically are changed when her mother goes into labour. The prize for best-supporting performance went to the cast of 'Quien lo impide' (Who's Stopping Us) while Terence Davies won the best screenplay jury award for 'Benediction'.

'Blue Moon',  Jessica Chastain, among San Sebastian festival winners

A Costa Rican judge on Monday ordered the closure of an overcrowded, disease-infested prison he condemned as a &quot;human cage.&quot; 
 
Judge Roy Murillo found conditions were so bad in the San Sebastian prison that locking people up there amounted to &quot;state terror incompatible with a democracy.&quot; 
 
The 35-year-old prison in the capital, San Jose, was built to hold 559 inmates, but currently has 1,278 - most of them suspects awaiting trial. 
 
The judge found that in some areas up to 25 prisoners were sharing a single toilet, creating &quot;uncomfortable and degrading conditions.&quot; 
 
Prisoners often sleep on the floor in a space as small as one square metre (11 square feet), with insufficient light and ventilation, he said. 
 
Overcrowding and poor sanitation have caused outbreaks of flu, allergies and skin diseases, investigators found. 
 
The judge ordered the justice ministry to close the &quot;giant dungeon&quot; within 18 months. 
 
Latin America`s prisons are plagued by overcrowding, gangs and violence. 
 
Costa Rica`s hold around 14,000 inmates, well over their total capacity of 9,000. 
 
Justice Minister Cecilia Sanchez has launched a program to reduce the prison population by paroling 1,400 inmates convicted of minor offenses. 
 
But the move has stoked controversy, with opponents accusing President Luis Guillermo Solis`s government of setting dangerous criminals loose. 
 
(AFP) 
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Investigators found overcrowding and poor sanitation have caused outbreaks of flu, allergies and skin diseases at the San Sebastian prison

A Costa Rican judge on Monday ordered the closure of an overcrowded, disease-infested prison he condemned as a "human cage." Judge Roy Murillo found conditions were so bad in the San Sebastian prison that locking people up there amounted to "state terror incompatible with a democracy." The 35-year-old prison in the capital, San Jose, was built to hold 559 inmates, but currently has 1,278 - most of them suspects awaiting trial. The judge found that in some areas up to 25 prisoners were sharing a single toilet, creating "uncomfortable and degrading conditions." Prisoners often sleep on the floor in a space as small as one square metre (11 square feet), with insufficient light and ventilation, he said. Overcrowding and poor sanitation have caused outbreaks of flu, allergies and skin diseases, investigators found. The judge ordered the justice ministry to close the "giant dungeon" within 18 months. Latin America`s prisons are plagued by overcrowding, gangs and violence. Costa Rica`s hold around 14,000 inmates, well over their total capacity of 9,000. Justice Minister Cecilia Sanchez has launched a program to reduce the prison population by paroling 1,400 inmates convicted of minor offenses. But the move has stoked controversy, with opponents accusing President Luis Guillermo Solis`s government of setting dangerous criminals loose. (AFP)

Judge shuts down 35-year old jail in Costa Rican capital, deplores the 'human cage'

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Judge shuts down 35-year old jail in Costa Rican capital, deplores the 'human cage'