Experiencing Interruptions?

BROTHERS| A Short Boxing Drama Film

Two brothers Jay (Jonathan Silva) and Marcus (Juan Romero) confront each other after many years.

  • Alexander Quezada
    Director
    COLORS, NUMB, SUMMER DAYS,
  • Alexander Quezada
    Writer
    COLORS, NUMB, SUMMER DAYS
  • Alexander Quezada
    Producer
    COLORS, NUMB, SUMMER DAYS
  • JUAN ROMERO
    Key Cast
    "Marcus"
    WELCOME HOME, GAME OVER, SILENT
  • Jonathan Silvia
    Key Cast
    "Jay "
  • Landon J Costa
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Genres:
    Drama, Boxing
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Alexander Quezada

Alexander Quezada is a Mexican American filmmaker and scholar whose work explores the emotional terrain of survival, identity, and memory. Known for his minimalist storytelling and mythic visual language, Quezada crafts films that blur the line between realism and metaphor.

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Director Statement

BROTHERS was born from a question I couldn’t shake: What happens when love is buried under years of silence? This film is my attempt to answer that not with dialogue, but with glances, tension, and the weight of everything left unsaid. Jay and Marcus are two brothers who haven’t spoken in years. Their reunion isn’t loud it’s restrained, awkward, and charged with emotional history. I wanted to capture the kind of masculinity that doesn’t scream, but simmers. The kind that’s been taught to survive, not to feel. Set in a single day, BROTHERS is about the emotional choreography of reconciliation. Every frame is a negotiation between pride and vulnerability. Every silence is a scream. The boxing metaphor isn’t about violence, it’s about endurance. About how we fight for connection, even when we don’t know how to say “I miss you.” This film is deeply personal. It’s for the brothers who never said sorry. For the families who love each other in fragments. And for anyone who’s ever wanted to come home but didn’t know how.