Bernal's austere tale of a young woman who goes on a healing crusade after seeing a vision of the Virgin Mary, which stars Filipino actress Nora Aunor, took the prize with 32 percent of the vote.
When the Catholic authorities in Mexico got wind of this movie, which tells of the affair between a young priest and a sixteen-year-old virgin, they threatened to excommunicate its two young stars.
One commercial which would certainly repay greater showing (and in fact has also been shown again over Christmas) was Virgin Trains' epic journey which seamlessly puts the stars of great rail-related films into the frame with one of the company's new Pendolino trains.
He joined about 100 guests, who included British actress Emilia Clarke, who stars in US fantasy series Game of Thrones, and senior executives from companies such as Virgin and British Airways at the reception, held in a fashion photographic studio that has been used by Madonna.