letter to a dead bird (2026)
carta a un pájaro muerto
Director: Felipe Soto
A flickering blue screen. Glitches. Ink-stained letters. Deceptions woven like tangled threads, set to pulsing synths and strings. This short film follows a dead bird as it remembers every life it ever lived—from a mother’s crushing letdown to the poison that once ran through its veins. Past and present collide, painting a psychedelic portrait of a soul unraveling in its final moments.
More About This Film
letter to a dead bird is a 2026 Colombian six-minute experimental documentary directed, written, produced, photographed, edited, and scored by Felipe Soto. The film treats a dead bird as the speaker or central consciousness, recalling different lives and memories while moving between past and present in a psychedelic portrait.
The project is deliberately strange and poetic rather than a conventional nature documentary. Blue imagery, glitches, writing, strings, and synthesizers contribute to a fragmented audiovisual style that explores memory, death, and transformation.
- Felipe Soto handled virtually every major creative role.
- The original Spanish title is carta a un pájaro muerto.
- The film runs approximately six minutes.
- It was digitally released in Colombia on May 15, 2026.
- Early audience reactions praised its beauty and poetic approach.