Short film

The Birdwatcher

2025 · 14 min

A quiet, unsettling puzzle that lingers in the mind, asking you to lean in and listen for what isn't said.

Tagline: Become a part of the silence.
Overview: Investigators approach a bird watching hut deep in the forest following the disappearance of a grieving man. As they piece together his final moments, the evidence they gather becomes increasingly unnerving and hard to explain.
How it feels: Eerie, dark, tense and melancholic. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Grief, isolation, mystery, nature
Content: Mild violence, gore and language. No sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: grief
isolation
mystery
nature
death
Places: wilderness
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none