Maya, a farmer’s daughter, accidentally kills an endangered Philippine Eagle in a forest reserve. When the police investigate, other horrifying crime cases are soon revealed… The second feature by Mikhail Red (Rekorder) is a thrilling, multilayered mystery. The Philippine Eagle, measuring about 1 meter in length, is the largest in the world. With fewer than 200 surviving, it is critically endangered due to deforestation and overhunting for taxidermy.

Birdshot is a mystery-drama that tells the story of a young farm girl who wanders off into a Philippine forest reserve. Deep within the reservation she mistakenly shoots and kills a critically endangered and protected Philippine Eagle. As the local authorities begin a manhunt to track down the poacher of a national bird, their investigation leads them to an even more horrific discovery.

[Director's Message]
We may lose our way as we navigate through the wilderness of the world around us, but we will always find a way back and find ourselves. Sometimes we may feel that we are the last of our kind as seekers of hope, yet just like the Philippine Eagles, we remain, struggling to exist, in search of a truth that is perhaps endangered but never extinct.