red and his cousin began writing the script in 2014. producer pamela l. reyes submitted it to the doha film institute which in early 2015 granted production funding for the film. after winning the cj entertainment award at the busan film festival's asian project market, other investors granted funding, including tba studios. the film project was selected at the festival des 3 continents' produire au sud workshop to improve "birdshot" and its screenplay. "birdshot"'s pelikulared studio (owned by reyes and red) managed to co-produce the film with tuko film productions and buchi boy productions. the total budget of the film was .