Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - Mexico was the big winner of 33 Latin American Film Festival in Havana with Luis Estrada's film, El Infierno, which won first prize in Coral feature film. Estrada's film also received the awards for best art direction, costumes and original music in documentaries.

El Infierno is focused on the problems of migration, drug trafficking and violence in contemporary Mexican society, and during the festival, which took place from December 1st through 11th, attracted large crowds.

The jury based its award on "the power to impress the audience with one of the most important issues in Latin America today."

Second prize went to Brazil for the film El Abismo Plateado by Ainuoz Karim which, according to the judges, presented the adventures of a 40 year old woman on the streets of Rio de Janeiro "in a sensitive and intelligent emotional rendering of a female character."

The 33rd Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana closed on Sunday night with the awards at the Karl Marx Theater in Havana. A total of 562 films from 46 countries were shown in major cinemas in the city.