Birdshot was first screened at film festivals outside the Philippines before it was screened in the country. The film made its debut at the 2016 Tokyo International Film Festival and was screened in 14 other film festivals before it made its local debut at the 13th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival in August of the following year.[1]
The film was also screened as one of the twelve official entries at the 2017 Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino.
Streaming service Netflix acquired the film and was released on the platform on March 26, 2018 worldwide. Birdshot will become the first Filipino produced film to be made available in Netflix Philippines.[8] Another Philippine film, On the Job, was already made available in the North America service of the online platform.[9]
