Film Review: Boyfighter – A Visceral Vision of Legacy and Love by Julia Weisberg Cortés

Screening at the OSCAR-qualifying HollyShorts film festival In Boyfighter, director Julia Weisberg Cortés delivers a lyrical gut-punch, a film that stares unflinchingly into generational trauma while holding space for tenderness, reckoning, and repair. This Oscar-qualified short, premiering at HollyShorts as part of the 2025 Indeed Rising Voices program, marks a defining moment in Cortés’ evolving career. Known for emotionally intimate work grounded in cultural identity, Boyfighter sees her … Continue reading Film Review: Boyfighter – A Visceral Vision of Legacy and Love by Julia Weisberg Cortés