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Join us as we celebrate the 2025 ReelShort Awards to crown the best talent and most compelling stories in the world of vertical short dramas. Hit play, relive the magic, and see who took home the trophy in 2025.

Our fashionistas are back! In this episode, host Sarah Moliski teams up with stars Sarah Noelle and Maria Barseghian to tackle a style challenge inspired by some of our favorite ReelShort scenarios. With SHEIN’s different styles, they’ll put together outfits for every situation. On-screen or off. Who will slay the looks and who will improvise? Tune in to find out!

A man repeatedly sits on the same chair, each time more weary than before, until it becomes clear that life itself is wasted in the cycle of repeating the same mistakes.*This entry is participating in the ReelShort Reel Vertical Impact contest

When Reese unexpectedly reunites with her ex-best friend and first love Grayson four years after he broke her heart, she agrees to pose as his fake girlfriend for his sister's wedding. But as old feelings threaten to bubble out, Reese must decide if a chance at true love is worth the risk of repeating history.

Chloe and Mateo have been best friends for years, until they accidentally spend one fateful night together and end up in a flash marriage! Will Mateo confess he's been in love with Chloe for years, and pull her out of their "friend-zone"? And what will Chloe do, when she finds out Mateo is secretly a billaionire CEO?

I'm In Love With My Brother's Best Friend?! is based on the novel published by Tapas Entertainment, Inc. When Kaitlyn Sinclair moves into her off campus apartment with her high school sweetheart for her freshman year of college, she immediately catches him cheating on her. She is forced to move into her brother’s apartment and share a space with his best friend who is in grad school on the same campus. When her childhood crush reignites, Kaitlyn and Cole must navigate their newfound adult relationship while evil exes, mean girls, and worst of all- Kaitlyn’s brother, try to tear them apart.

The Next ReelStar is a reality competition series where men representing states across the country compete for a breakout lead role at ReelShort, with fans having the power to decide the winner. Under the mentorship of judges Jesse Morales and Nicole Mattox, contestants join Team Jesse or Team Nicole, each striving to develop their star quality. Through a series of high-stakes challenges, they’ll showcase their talent to impress a powerhouse panel of vertical industry professionals. For the first time in a vertical unscripted series, fans will have the power to vote in the finale, deciding which finalist is crowned The Next ReelStar.

Kylie, a bold young woman infatuated with her dad's best friend, Jaxon, tests his limits as she tempts him with her charm. As Jaxon struggles to resist her, the tension between them escalates, leading to an ultimate betrayal that changes everything.

A modern soul transmigrates into the matriarchal Valerian Empire as Vivian Blackwood, the notorious playgirl Eldest Miss Blackwood. Destined to be burned to ashes by her three Consorts for her wicked ways, she fights to survive. She pacifies her murderous Consorts and exposes her cousin Evelyn Blackwood's scheme of corruption and colluding with The Obsidian Tribe to murder her mother. Armed with modern wits, she turns the tables, reclaims her place as The Matriarch, and champions the reform that Everyone is equal. Ultimately, she resolves the enmity with her three Consorts and finds true love.

To save her dying mother, Lily Bennett faked an affair to dump her trust-fund kid boyfriend, Carter Hayes. Three years later, she is forced to work as a maid for the Hayes family, only to find Carter is now the wealthiest man in Southridge with a fiancée. Worse still, the mastermind behind her misery is her former best friend. A tragic romance of betrayal, misunderstanding, and redemption unfolds between lies and the truth.

Elite lawyer Vienna catches her fiancé Zack with his mistress and, instead of reacting, she slips a condom into a contract and hands it to Zack's playboy best friend, Wyatt. "Hotel? My treat." What starts as a revenge game becomes a thrilling, forbidden affair. But when Wyatt risks everything for her, Vienna realizes the game was set years ago and she's been the pawn all along. A game of revenge that leads to a heart-stopping love.