Alex Bendo

17-year-old Joel, a recently recruited night guard, watches over a compound marked by cartel violence. When the darkness begins to whisper, he realizes some secrets never die.

Desperate to live up to his father’s expectations, a talented but inconsistent minor league baseball player turns to steroids, igniting a dangerous transformation of body and mind.

Struggling to maintain the peace she mistakes for love, Cleo's steamy New Year's Eve plans fissure into a chilling nightmare.

A Mormon couple ties the knot.

Fired from her day job, an impulsive actress crashes a support group and spirals into a chaotic night that forces her to face her addiction to drama.

A struggling contractor risks his young sons' well-being to cut a sweet deal.

Called in the middle of the night to treat a sick horse, a young equine veterinarian is faced with a series of unlikely encounters.

An immigrant couple caring for their grandchildren receives an unexpected visitor after hours, threatening to throw their lives into complete disarray.

Five people attend the funeral of the beloved Alfred H. Gladstone. As they slowly drift in their reverie, they all come to face the same existential questions. Aren't the dead sometimes the most lively of us all? And, after all, aren't they all dead already?

Life for Fede, a high school student living in nun-run housing in Italy, is reliably routine until a new visitor arrives, inspiring her to go out of her way to make a connection.

An estranged couple are about to share a Christmas dinner. The table is set: candles, wine, a turkey and an extremely sharp knife.

A lonely ranch hand in rural West Texas decides to risk the only life he's ever known when he falls for a hard-pressed woman stranded in the nearby town. He makes up his mind to leave with her, but things don't quite work out as planned.

Agathe, a young modern woman, arrives at her estranged mother's country house for a weekend stay, only to discover that her mother's new lover is a dangerous predator. The weekend program includes every activity a good aristocrat is expected to master: séances, music, horse riding, and poisoning.

Anna thinks Ava is the best actress in her class.

On the cusp of success/failure, two unhinged female filmmakers decide to break up with their boyfriends, and for once, make a bold decision with their lives.

A young woman is pursued by shadowy figures as she attempts to escape her slave-like conditions at a dystopian factory.

After a fellow officer takes his life, a New York City policeman is forced to reckon with his own suicidal ideation.

A Woman with No Name retrieves her husband's bones from a gang of mythical Chinese Cowboys.

At an exclusive Upper East Side party, a young man named Adam discovers a hidden portrait of an enigmatic woman from the 16th century called The Red Sultan. As his fascination with the woman evolves into an obsession, he seeks out help to escape from his nightmare.

Upon returning to his hometown to investigate the murder of a young girl, Lieutenant Zhang falls into the memories of his youth in the city.

In the hopes of spending a romantic weekend at the end of the world (Montauk), Mia waits for her boyfriend to arrive.

After her spaceship crash-lands in the ocean, a woman struggles to understand the reason behind the disappearance of her fellow astronauts.

A Chinese deliveryman navigates the gritty streets of Brooklyn while trying to make sense of his own inner landscape as an immigrant.

A former elementary school teacher emerges badly bruised on the shore of a lake. After a lengthy trek through the hot Mexican sun, she lands at the primary school where she once worked.