DIRECTOR MINERVA BOLAÑOS
Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico
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She studied graphic design and visual arts and has a Bachelor’s Degree in Filmmaking from CCC (Cinematographic Training Center) 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 23 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, 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 and community. 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

A very nice guy, 2023 / DCP / Fiction, 20 mins - PROCINE
Any place, 2022 / DCP / Fiction, 13 min - Thesis Film CCC
She, from the 21st Century, 2021/ DCP/ Fiction, 8 min - 48hrsFP
Alejandra, I love you, 2018/ DCP S16mm/ Fiction, 15 min - Academic Shortfilm, CCC
So Simple in the moonlight, 2013, Academic Short film, CAAV