Minerva R. Bolaños, Chihuahua, Mexico. Studied graphic design and plastic arts and finished her degree in Digital Cinema at CAAV in 2013 (Centro de Medios Audiovisuales, GDL). Graduated in Filmmaking at the CCC (Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica) in 2022. Director and screenwriter of highly political content in favour of human rights. Her short film, "Any Place" has been selected in 50 festivals worldwide and won 20 awards and recognitions among which stands out the Young Jury Award at the Brussels' Short Film Festival; the Golden Dinosaur at the Etiuda & Anima Festival in Poland; the Golden Fellini for Best Fiction Short Film at the CEC Awards, Guadalajara, 2023; and was nominated for the Mexican Academy Awards "Los Arieles" 2023. Her latest short film, "A Very Nice Guy", was made with the support of PROCINE in the call "against gender violence in the audiovisual". She is currently in the development of her first feature film, "Roads Back Home" about childbirth, sorority and romantic love, which, in 2022, won the IMCINE rewriting support and Best Feature Script by the Guanajuato International Film Festival. She'll shoot her next short film, "Be Grateful", with the support of the Mexican Institute of Cinema, in 2024.
Minerva has been distributing films officially since 2021, with "She from the 21st Century". It wasn't until 2022 that she funded Belicosa Films & Distribution to produce "A Very Nice Guy" with PROCINE support.
Currently, Belicosa distributes nine short films and has four in postproduction to be premiered between 2025-2026.