Aimara Reques is an award-winning producer who has over 30 years of experience in the film industry. As a student at the University of Venezuela, Reques began her career working alongside established director Pablo De La Barra. Her first documentary production experience was about a unique indigenous community, deep within the Amazon. Reques founded Aconite Productions in 2010 with a passion to produce ambitious documentaries on important international stories. Since then, she has collaborated with several renowned directors and producers from both the UK and abroad. In 2019, she received her first APSA nomination for Best Documentary Feature Film with Aquarela. She is a winner of two BAFTA Scotland Awards, a Fox Searchlight Award and an Amnesty International Media Award and has produced films for UK TV channels as well as international co-productions for broadcast and theatrical releases.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and emerging. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
