Headshot of Ainara Vera from the waist up wearing a long sleeve dark blouse standing in front of a blurred building and trees.
Ainara Vera
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Ainara Vera (she/her) is a filmmaker devoted to the art of documentary. Her student short documentary, Sertres, premiered at Locarno Film Festival in 2014. See you tomorrow, God Willing!, her first feature film, premiered at IDFA in 2017 and screened in several film festivals around the world including DOK.fest München, DOC NYC, Cartagena Film Festival, and DocsBarcelona. She worked as First Assistant Director and Editor in Victor Kossakovsky's last three films Varicella, Aquarela, and Gunda. Polaris is her second feature film.

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