About

Endangered Species is a New York and Los Angeles-based production company founded by Alex Bendo and Lexi Preiser. Supported by NEON, Square Peg, Film Independent, and Spike Lee, they’ve produced more than thirty works that have premiered at top festivals including Sundance, SXSW, Berlin, and Cannes. The company is dedicated to crafting bold, filmmaker-driven films, championing original storytelling in a cinematic landscape increasingly starved of risk and human touch.

A woman in a white gown looks into the eyes of the suited man she's dancing with
Together Forever Official selection 2026, Sundance Film Festival
A woman talks on the phone in her living room.
Crisis Actor Winner, Short Film Jury Award: US Fiction, Sundance Film Festival 2026
Man holding a basball bat in a batting cage
In My Blood SXSW Film & TV Festival 2026 Winner Independent TV Pilot Jury Award LaurelSeriesFest 2026 Official Selection Laurel
A young woman stands next to a white horse in the moonlight.
The House Call
Two young women sit in a movie theater watching the screen, one dabs her eye with a tissue as she cries.
Nervous Energy directors' fortnight 2025 laurelSXSW 2025 official selection laurel
A young woman sits alone at a bus stop in an orange jacket.
Incroci Berlin Film Festival Special Mention Jury AwardVienna Shorts Jury Prize 2023
A man and woman stand next to a bright window looking outward
In Freedom Morelia International Film Festival 2023 Official Selection Laurel
A woman with black dripping from her eyes.
The Darkness Semaine de la Critique Cannes 2021 Laurel
A man plays the flute in an ornate living room while a woman and young woman play the piano.
Massacre
A man stares at his son in a menacing fashion.
Tornado Hamptons International Film Festival 2024 Official Selection LaurelSanta Barbara International Film Festival official selection laurel
A ranch hand walks with his back to camera across a bridge in a livestock holding pen.
Down the Road Apiece
A man stands in a doorway inside a giant warehouse
The Face
A police officer holds up a photograph while another police officer looks on.
Under the Ruins Rhode Island International Film Festival laurel
A man walks through a police station bullpen with his back to us in a tracking shot.
Rubber Gun Club austin film festival 2021 official selection laurel
Close-up of a man in a cowboy hat lighting a cigarette.
Journey to the East los angeles asian pacific film festival laurel
A young man in a suit and older man in a tuxedo look at something offscreen
The Red Sultan short shorts film festival & asia 2022 laurel

Festival Selections

  • Sundance Film Festival
  • SXSW Film & TV Festival
  • Cannes Directors’ Fortnight
  • Cannes Critics’ Week
  • Berlin International Film Festival
  • New York Film Festival
  • Telluride Film Festival
  • Fantasia International Film Festival
  • Melbourne International Film Festival
  • Sydney Film Festival
  • Chicago International Film Festival
  • Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival
  • Aspen Shortsfest
  • Hamptons International Film Festival
  • Palm Springs International Shortfest
  • SeriesFest
  • among others...

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