An 8-minute film that'll wreck your heart and rebuild it before the credits roll.
A young girl repairs a treasured wooden hummingbird, her late mother's last gift, bringing hope and healing to her grieving father.
Cinematography
Warm amber tones that feel like abuela's kitchen.
Acting
Elizabeth Phoenix Caro carries generational weight in silence.
Practical Effects
The wooden hummingbird—character, not prop.
Director
Manuel Villarreal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The colibrí (hummingbird) carries spiritual significance in Mexican folklore as messengers between worlds, a detail Villarreal embeds without exposition.
Shot during pandemic restrictions, the confined locations became emotional architecture—Mia's world literally shrank with her loss.
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