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Charles Chapman, the powerful boss of Divine King Group and a genius doctor capable of miracles, disguised himself as a beggar to live humbly. When kind-hearted Bianca Smith gave him change, he offered to grant her a wish. She asked him to save her sister Bella, who was gravely ill. Despite mockery from top doctors, Charles effortlessly cured Bella. Grateful, her father offered wealth and marriage, but Charles refused, revealing he had a fiancée. However, his fiancée, Lily Moore, called off their engagement upon hearing he was a "beggar" and was now with Sam Walker—Charles’s childhood friend, whom he had secretly helped succeed.

For the sake of her family's interests, a young girl must impersonate her twin brother, only to accidentally enter the wrong room and inadvertently spend a passionate night with a billionaire CEO...

After leaving the army, Joseph and his fellow veterans start a produce business to build an honest life. When their late comrade's widow and daughter are harassed by an evil manager backed by a powerful tycoon, Joseph steps in only to have their company sabotaged. Cornered and humiliated, the veterans refuse to bow. With an unexpected ally exposing the corruption, they fight back and reclaim their dignity and their future.

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SANTOS The Book of Alina is a modern supernatural drama about inheritance identity and power. It follows a young woman pulled between family faith and the unseen world that has been waiting for her to wake up. When Alina Montes unexpectedly inherits her family's Botanica she steps into a legacy she never asked for and cannot escape. The Botanica is more than a spiritual shop. It breathes. It hums. It remembers. It is a place where prayers and secrets mix where energy shifts the air and where the line between the living and the dead is always thin. Her mother a polished politician and devoted believer sees the Botanica as a danger to her reputation and career. To her faith is something to control not something to live. Alina's cousin sees the Botanica differently. Beautiful ambitious and ruthless she believes it belongs to her. She is willing to turn family into an enemy to get it. Alina finds herself standing between two women who both want to decide who she is. But the Botanica has its own plans. Her closest friends are the only people she can trust. Mateo can see and hear spirits that move through the city voices that echo from the past into the present. Tesen can sense things before they happen reading energy and danger in the space around her like instinct. Together they uncover that the Botanica is not just Alina's inheritance. It is a gate to something ancient powerful and alive. As Alina starts to unlock her connection to this power she learns the truth about her bloodline. She is a Santera part of a tradition her mother worked her entire life to bury. The realization forces Alina to choose between the world she grew up in and the one that calls to her through the walls of the Botanica. Then Michael enters her life. A journalist with a camera a story and his own secrets. He is drawn to Alina but his curiosity runs deeper than attraction. He is looking for something hidden in her world and his obsession might destroy them both. The first fourteen episodes follow Alina's awakening as she begins to see what others cannot. The more she learns about the Botanica the more she realizes her family has been protecting something far greater than money or legacy. Each episode peels back another layer of who she is revealing a woman caught between love and danger tradition and rebellion faith and freedom. SANTOS The Book of Alina is emotional bold and visually charged. It blends the raw honesty of Euphoria the intensity and danger of Queen of the South and the dark wonder of Pans Labyrinth. It is a story about power survival and the cost of remembering who you are. In this world candles burn like warnings saints and spirits walk side by side and the past never stays buried. The Botanica becomes Alina's battlefield and her sanctuary. It is where she faces the truth about her family her own reflection and the power she carries in her blood. But this is just the beginning. The first fourteen episodes tell the story of her awakening. Beyond them lies a fifty episode saga that explores how far Alina will go to protect what is hers how deep the roots of her power run and what happens when a generation that was told to forget finally decides to remember. SANTOS The Book of Alina is a story of legacy and rebirth. A world where magic hides in plain sight where faith can be dangerous and where one woman's awakening can change everything. *This entry is participating in the ReelShort Reel Vertical Impact contest

She's a modern archaeologist who casually saves a man in the wilderness, only to discover he's the valiant general of the Great Yan Dynasty. As they get acquainted, they unexpectedly travel back to the Great Yan era. After a series of adventures, they develop feelings for each other and unite to confront a prince vying for the throne...

Winnie, the beautiful heiress of the Shaw family, finds the boy she once helped, now a beggar. In a shocking twist, she kneels and proposes to Timothy on the street. Impressed by her loyalty, he agrees to marry her and returns to the Shaw family with her. But her family is furious, demanding she either leave him or leave the family. Timothy warns that if they force them out, they will regret it.

Talia Stone comes from a wealthy family. Her dad is a billionaire and her three brothers are bigwigs in the military, showbiz and finance world. She saved her childhood friend Jack Chase in an accident and almost lost her legs. Talia's legs were saved by top doctors in the field, but she remained in a wheelchair at her dad's request, as a test for Jack's feelings. The day before their wedding, Talia found out Jack was cheating with her friend Rachel. Enraged by the pair's brazen denial, Talia pretended to turn the other cheek while setting up a plan to humiliate them at the wedding. She then met Aiden Brooks who got her purse back from a thief and asked him half-jokingly to marry her. To her surprise, Aiden said yes. The next day, Talia's supposed wedding turned into a big stage for drama.

Lua is a dreamy girl who dreams of becoming a singer. But her father rejects her because of her appearance, while her sister Esmeralda pretends to be kind, hiding a silent cruelty. Lua only refuge is her friend, the mysterious mermaid Diana, whom only she can see. When a new nanny arrives, seemingly perfect, Lua life turns into a nightmare of humiliation and pain. Amid fantasies, songs, and tears, only one question remains: what is Lua secret?*This entry is participating in the ReelShort Reel Vertical Impact contest

Spend a day with Meg Bush as she gets red carpet ready for the International Short Drama Festival. Go behind the scenes of her glam process and catch the stunning dress reveal before she heads to the event. Stay tuned! You might spot some familiar faces along the way.

Two Latino vampires debate whether to crash their cousin’s Vampiñera, a Vampire Quinceañera.*This entry is participating in the ReelShort Reel Vertical Impact contest