Aconite Productions

29/01/2025

The start of the year has flown by, and it's fantastic to end January 2025 with exciting news for The Boy And The Suit Of Lights.

The film is being screened in competitions at two festivals in the next few days: the Budapest International Documentary Festival and the Belgrade Documentary Film Festival DOK #7.

📅 Catch all the information on details of the screenings here:

Crafting films of global significance for international distribution

21/12/2024

Dear friends,

In tune with the vibrant colours of the season, we wish to share the below image and take a moment to reflect on it. We think it's profoundly revealing. Both structures, apparently different but in reality almost identical. The key difference between the molecular structure of chlorophyll and hemoglobin lies in their metal components. Plant blood contains a molecule of magnesium (Mg), while human blood has a molecule of iron (Fe). And cosmologists tell us that in the beginning everything was formed from exploding stars. So, the next time you look at plants, think about how close our blood is to the blood of our green friends!

As this is a time to celebrate, to share and to appreciate life, we hope the image is a reminder of how we are all simply made of the same stuff and connected to each other, to nature and to the entire planet, regardless of how different we may think we are.

Thank you to all our friends, followers, colleagues and our wonderful filmmaking tribe for sharing another inspiring and equally challenging year. We are humbled and honoured to be part of such a vibrant and passionate international documentary community. Together, we have pushed boundaries and told powerful stories. Here's to a bright 2025 filled with creativity, collaboration, and countless inspiring documentaries.

The Aconite office will be closed for the holiday season between December 23 and January 6.

Until then, we wish you a very Merry Christmas

and a Happy New Year!

Aconite Team
https://www.aconiteproductions.com/

02/10/2024

Don't miss this exciting opportunity!
For those in the Scottish Film Industry and Community, The Scottish Documentary Institute is running two focus workshops that offer insight into the key stages of documentary development, production, and distribution.

The DEVELOPMENT ESSENTIALS WORKSHOP is running on Monday 7 October | 14:30-15:45
As well as the PRODUCTION & DISTRIBUTION DEEP DIVE WORKSHOP which runs on Wednesday 9 October | 14:30-16:30

Make sure to click the link below to find out more information and apply!
https://form.123formbuilder.com/6738886/old-media-broads-workshop-s-registration

23/08/2024

Delighted to share some BTS photos from our shoot this week for Conscious by Suki Chan. We are so lucky to have had the best team ever to make this happen. Thanks so much to all as well as to our financing partners BFI/Doc Society; Screen Scotland; Sundance/Sandbox & Templeton
Make sure to keep checking our socials for updates! https://www.sundance.org
https://bfi.docsociety.org
https://www.screen.scot

16/08/2024

Back from Summer Break! Hope you have all had a nice summer!

We are back to work after a well-deserved rest, beaming with the news that Sundance (https://www.sundance.org/2024docfundgrantees/) is supporting one of our current projects CONSCIOUS directed by Suki Chan! We are so thankful and excited to be shooting this coming week!

Make sure to check in with our socials for updates and more!

02/08/2024

Thrilled to announce that CONSCIOUS by Suki Chan is one of the films supported by the 2024 Sundance Institute Documentary Fund. Thank you! 🙏😊❤
https://www.sundance.org/2024docfundgrantees/

29/07/2024

What a great privilege to screen today Inma de Reyes' The Boy and The Suit Of Lights at La Filmoteca de Valencia and share it with the film's protagonists of some of the amazing people in Spain who supported the making of this special film. Thank you! 🙏😍👏❤
Ider Eyes; Su Bainbridge

24/06/2024

Thanks very much to Cinerama for their glowing review on the award-winning Inma De Reyes' The Boy and The Suit Of Lights:

Cinerama ★★★★
"The Boy and the Suit of Lights shines as bright as the midday sun on a long Spanish summer day."

Check out the rest of the article here: https://cineramafilm.com/2024/06/20/the-boy-and-the-suit-of-lights-sheffield-docfest-review/

Thanks to our partners who have supported this film:
- https://www.screen.scot/
https://chickeneggpics.org/
- https://www.bfi.org.uk/.../funding.../uk-global-screen-fund

19/06/2024

We have been overwhelmed by the positive feedback received on Inma De Reyes's The Boy and The Suit Of Lights after its premiere at Sheffield Doc Fest.
Even more special was to receive main award for Grand Jury prize for the International First Feature competition supported by Netflix.

Check out the latest positive reviews!

Eye for Film ★★★★
“Delicately observed documentary”
https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/the-boy-and-the-suit-of-lights-2024-film-review-by-amber-wilkinson

CINEUROPA
“De Reyes takes us on a journey without romanticising the blunt truths of bullfighting as a fraught tradition – in more ways than one.”
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/463638

Thanks to our partners who have supported this film:
- https://www.screen.scot/
- https://chickeneggpics.org/
- https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/funding-support-international-activity/uk-global-screen-fund

poster by .steele.davis

17/06/2024

"Making the film, I was trying to capture what Borja was thinking without him saying it," says de Reyes, "because I don't feel like he would ever say to anybody that he wasn't going to do this - but you could tell.” – Director Inma De Reyes
The International first feature competition winner at this year’s Sheffield DocFest ‘The Boy and The Suit of Lights’ is Featured in this exclusive article from BBC News: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/crggz17wkq2o

If you missed the screening of our project an extra screening is on today:
Showroom – Bertha DocHouse Screen 3 - 15:30 BST

17/06/2024

We are delighted to announce that Inma De Reyes’ ‘The Boy and The Suit of Lights’ has won The Grand Jury Award for International First Feature Competition. Thank you to everyone who attended the screenings of this special project. We are so proud to premiere and celebrate such an important story. Congratulations to all of the other winners at the Sheffield DocFest!

Check out the list of winners here: https://deadline.com/2024/06/2024-sheffield-docfest-awards-1235974989/

Thanks to our partners who have supported this film:
- https://www.screen.scot/
- https://chickeneggpics.org/
- https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/funding-support-international-activity/uk-global-screen-fund

16/06/2024

We were immensely proud to pitch Suki Chan's 'Conscious' at Sheffield DocFest's BFI Doc Society's WIP Showcase this year. In this important and truly cinematic piece, Suki Chan takes us closer to understanding the strength and frailty of the human mind.
Keep an eye on this space for updates and news on the development of this extraordinary film!
Thanks very much to the organisers for inviting us!👏

15/06/2024

Thanks to our great audience who attended last night's premiere of ‘The Boy And The Suit Of Lights' We are immensely proud of Inma De Reyes and the team involved. The positive feedback has been overwhelming. The film is also showing tomorrow 16th of June @ Curzon Screen 2 @3:30pm.

Film Authority ★★★★
‘…an insightful story of one boy’s experience of growing up, an underdog story just about everyone can relate to, empathetically told…’ - https://film-authority.com/2024/06/14/the-boy-and-the-suit-of-lights/

Dog and Wolf Magazine ★★★★
“Absorbing documentary". "You can marvel at how director Inma De Reyes (Edinburgh College of Art) achieved such close and intimate access to Borja’s family over a long period of time. That’s her skill as a woman of Spanish heritage and a filmmaker. The effect of our eavesdropping on their lives is raw.” - https://www.dogandwolf.com/2024/06/sheffield-documentary-festival-the-boy-and-the-suit-of-lights-2024-el-nino-y-el-traje-de-luces/

14/06/2024

Learn more in this interview with Inma De Reyes with Eye For Film on our film 'The Boy and The Suit Of Lights', premiering at Sheffield DocFest tonight!
Showroom 3 @ 8:15pm

EYEFORFILM
https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2024-06-14-inma-de-reyes-on-capturing-a-youngsters-bullfighting-ambition-in-the-boy-and-the-suit-of-lights-feature-story-by-amber-wilkinson

Twitter (X)
https://x.com/eyeforfilm/status/1801645586958934112?s=46&t=DxkDX4merhenesRxuliSLw

13/06/2024

The sun is shining in Sheffield DocFest today- literally, it's a lovely sunny day! 😎
Looking forward to the premiere of Inma de Reyes's debut feature documentary 'The Boy and The Suit Of Lights' tomorrow Friday @ Showroom Cinema Screen 3 @ 8:15pm.
Thanks to our partners: Screen Scotland; Chicken & Egg Pictures; Women Make Movies; Syndicado; Rustic Canyon.

11/06/2024

Nice article on The Boy and The Suit Of Lights in The UpcomingMagazine. Check out the film's poster designed by Glasgow-based artist Ophelia Steele Davis! The Film is having its World Premiere at Sheffield DocFest this Friday 14th of June at 8:15pm Showroom Screen 3. Hope to see you there!

In an exciting development for documentary cinema, The Boy and the Suit of Lights, directed by Inma De Reyes, is set to make its world premiere at the prestigious Sheffield Documentary Film Festival (Sheffield DocFest) on the 14th June. This film, which has been entered into the International First....

31/05/2024

Thanks Cineuropa for their exclusive article on the trailer for Inma De Reyes' "The Boy and The Suit Of Lights". Please check the trailer out! Hope you all like it! Thanks to Yexa Rivero for her wonderful work! If you are attending, we hope to see you at Sheffield DocFest on Friday the 14th June for the World Premiere.
Here the link on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCgyzbeA7NQ

31/05/2024 - Inma De Reyes' documentary follows a boy living in a small Spanish town over the course of five years as he deals with pressures from his family to become a professional bullfighter