# UPEC Presents Award to Actor Patricio Wood

**Date:** 10/08/2023

The Culture Circle of the Union of Cuban Journalists (UPEC) today presented an award to leading Cuban actor Patricio Wood for the documentary "That's Life, Octavio" at the organization's headquarters in the capital.

After conferring the award in December 2022, as part of the 43rd edition of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, this honor pays tribute to the distinguished filmmaker Octavio Cortázar.

Wood said exclusively to the Cuban News Agency that the filming of "That's Life, Octavio" took place between 2021 and 2022, in which he took on the challenge of working in a context marked by the COVID-19 pandemic.

He emphasized the deep bonds of friendship that united him with the late filmmaker, whom he described as a highly demanding man, even with himself.

He also highlighted Cortázar's genius in different facets of his life and thanked those who participated in its realization.

Sahily Tabares, a member of the jury of the UPEC Culture Circle, considered the filmmaker as a legendary and important figure in Cuban filmography.

Similarly, she recalled the close relationship he maintained with Patricio and his father Salvador Wood.

Isidro Fardales, Nancy Lescaille, Teresita Jorge, and Miguel Moret also served on the jury.

Octavio Cortázar (1935-2008) was an important director of documentaries and fiction films, who created important works such as "For the First Time" (1968), "The Brigadist" (1977) —where Wood is the protagonist—, "Border Guards" (1980), "Right of Asylum" (1994), and "I Am the Way I Am" (2003).