M-Alain Bertoni

Directing

M-Alain Bertoni

Known for

Directing

Credits

9 titles

M-Alain Bertoni (they/them) is a multidisciplinary filmmaker that crafts stories built on family dynamics, intersectionality, and self-identity, delivered inside a candy-coated shell made of the surreal, absurd, and horrific. Their films have screened in the NYC Filmmakers Co-Op New Year/New Works festival, United States Super 8 Film and Digital Video Festival, Oxford Film Festival, Northeast Film Festival Horror Fest, and Panic Fest. M-Alain also works as a producer who seeks to champion emerging and contemporary filmmakers that dare to confront societal issues from unique perspectives. Produced films include Algún Día (Dir. Anna Reynoso), Line Cutters (Dir. Claire Orrange), Comedy Man (D…

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Closing Shift poster
NR

KC, a movie theater employee on the brink of quitting, works the closing shift with her manager, Reggie. When the night takes a sinister turn due to their customers, KC and Reggie must figure out how they will make it out alive and decide whether they still want to work at the movie theater.

Closing Shift

2026

Closing Shift poster
NR

KC, a movie theater employee on the brink of quitting, works the closing shift with her manager, Reggie. When the night takes a sinister turn due to their customers, KC and Reggie must figure out how they will make it out alive and decide whether they still want to work at the movie theater.

Closing Shift

2026

No artwork available
NR

A trans woman descends into the Brooklyn clubbing scene as her doting boyfriend begs her to sober up.

Line Cutters

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No Signal poster
NR

All she knows comes from the screens. All she has known is the screens. A screen breaks and everything changes.

No Signal

2025

Rewind or Die poster
4.0

When Cam returns her movies late to the video store, she finds out that she has to pay her late fees - with her life.

Rewind or Die

2023

Rewind or Die poster
4.0

When Cam returns her movies late to the video store, she finds out that she has to pay her late fees - with her life.

Rewind or Die

2023

Comedy Man poster
NR

Big Boy Brock Barnes is tasked with auditioning new children's show hosts. When none meet his standards, he takes the audition into his own hands.

Comedy Man

2025

play dead! poster
NR

The film takes place at a school cabaret night, where Soren braves her environment to support her friend. But like always, Nick—her awkward and strange stalker— is near, and the impending doom sends Soren into a spiral. When she has to confront him, Soren has to make a choice: suffer, or stand up.

play dead!

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