Ainara Vera

Ainara Vera is a filmmaker and editor based in Barcelona. Her directorial career began with Sertres, her first documentary short film, which premiered in the official selection of the Locarno Film Festival in 2014. Her hour-long documentary, See You Tomorrow, God Willing!, competed at IDFA in 2017 and was screened at festivals worldwide.

Her most personal project to date is Polaris, her debut feature film, which had its world premiere at Cannes ACID in 2022. Since then, Polaris has garnered international acclaim, screening at prestigious festivals such as the Camden International Film Festival, Hot Docs, the Marrakech Film Festival, the Seville European Film Festival, IDFA and the Trento Film Festival. The film has also been distributed in over 30 cinemas across France and is available on major streaming platforms.

While directing remains her primary focus, Ainara also collaborates with other filmmakers through editing, writing and creative development. She was the First Assistant Director on Varicella and Aquarela, both directed by Victor Kossakovsky, and co-wrote Gunda, which premiered at the Encounters Berlin Film Festival in 2020. Her editorial work includes Architecton, also directed by Kossakovsky, which premiered in Competition at the Berlin Film Festival in 2024, and Holy Wood Dust, which premiered at the Venice Film Festival in 2026.

Since 2020, she has been working as a project writing tutor in the Master’s Program in Creative Documentary Film at Pompeu Fabra University.