Aimara Reques

Aimara Reques is the Founder and Chief Executive of Aconite Productions, an award-winning production company based in Scotland dedicated to the production of high-quality feature documentaries for international distribution.

Aimara has over 30 years’ experience in the film industry in the UK and has collaborated with several renowned directors and producers from the UK and internationally.

She is a winner of two BAFTA Scotland Awards; a Fox Searchlight Award; an Amnesty International Media Award; and the Golden Star Award from El Gouna Film Festival; and she was nominated for the Grierson Award for Documentary at Edinburgh International Film Festival in 2005.

She was the leading producer and co-writer of the ambitious AQUARELA, directed by Victor Kossakovsky, which premiered at Venice 2018, was shortlisted for the Oscars in 2020 and distributed internationally by Sony Pictures Classics. Other recent productions include, ELECTRIC MALADY, nominated for a BAFTA in 2023 and premiered in competition at CPH:DOX and THE BOY AND THE SUIT OF LIGHTS- the winner of Grand Jury Award International First Feature Competition supported by Netflix at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2024.