DIRECTOR MINERVA BOLAÑOS
Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
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She studied graphic design and visual arts and completed her degree in Digital Film at CAAV in 2013 (Centro de Medios Audiovisuales, GDL). Bachelor’s in Filmmaking from CCC (Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica) in 2022.

She is a director and screenwriter of highly political content in favour of human rights. Her short film, "Any Place," has featured in over 50 festivals worldwide, won 20 awards and recognitions, and was nominated for the Academy Awards “Los Arieles” in Mexico. She served as an evaluator for IMCINE’s Script Rewriting call in 2023 and 2024 and a jury member at the Etudia & Anima Film Festival in Poland in 2023. She was a recipient of PROCINE to produce the short film "A Very Nice Guy" on audiovisual violence in 2022 and a recipient of FOCINE in 2024 to film the short film "Be grateful" about obstetric violence, currently selected at the Screen Writing Competition of Tirana International Film Festival. She is currently developing her first feature film, "Roads Back Home", which explores childbirth, romantic love, and female friendship. In 2022, it received support for rewriting from IMCINE and won Best Feature Script at the Guanajuato International Film Festival.

AWARDS & RECOGNITIONS

• Nominated Best Fiction Short Film, Mexican Academy Awards, 2023
• IMCINE Rewriting Program Beneficiary, 2022
• PROCINE, Production Beneficiary, 2022
• Best Feature Script, Guanajuato International Film Festival, 2022
• FOCINE Production benefiary, 2024

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PREVIOUS WORK

Any place, 2022 / DCP / Fiction, 13 min
She, from the 21st Century, 2021/ DCP/ Fiction, 8 min
Alejandra, I love you, 2018/ DCP S16mm/ Fiction, 15 min
So simple in the moonlight, 2013 / DCP/ CAAV, Guadalajara/ Fiction, 11min