Inspired by the book ‘Sida: confesiones a un medico’ (AIDS: Confessions to
a Physician) by Jorge Perez, the story narrates the journey of a young
adolescent from her provincial hometown to Havana, during which she falls
in love and gets infected with HIV.

The movie won the People’s Award of the 33rd International Festival of New
Latin American Cinema of Havana in 2011, and it has received eight
different awards in festivals in Europe, the United States, and Latin America.

Its cast includes Jorge Perugorría (Strawberry and Chocolate), Alberto
Pujol, Ariadna Nuñez, Blanca Rosa Blanco, Hector Medina and Saray Vargas,
among others.

The other movies competing for Best Ibero American Film are ‘Miss Bala’,
by Gerardo Naranjo (Mexico); ‘Un cuento chino’, by Sebastian Borensztein
(Argentina) and ‘Violeta se fue a los cielos’, by Andres Wood (Chile).

Pedro Almodovar’s most recent film ‘La piel que habito’ (The Skin I live
in), is the front runner for the Goya Awards this year with a total of 16
nominations, closely followed by ‘No habrá paz para los malvados’ by
Enrique Urbizu, with 14 nominations.

The Goya Awards will be announced next February in Madrid.