pool boy short film Movies & TV Series

When high school swim team captain Aidan Crew loses his essential after-school job due to his rich bully Will Harrison standing up for him to his boss, he has no idea how he's going to pay his mother's substantial medical bills and rebuild his college fund, until Will offers Aidan a humiliating, but lucrative job as his pool boy. Aidan reluctantly takes the gig and the two start to fall for one another, but they must navigate the hatred between their families and vicious school bullies, while protecting the secret of Aidan's pool boy gig and the feelings building between them.

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

Once a billiards champion Song Xiaochuans life takes a dark turn after being betrayed by his ex-girlfriend Lin Youyou Forced to quit rigging games he becomes a shadow of his former self unable to even hold a cue after a vengeful Qin targets him Taken in by billiards assistant Zhang Linger Song begins to rebuild his life at the pool hall where he meets the charming and skilled owner Huanjie and her loyal assistant Life seems on track until rich troublemaker Zhou Cheng appears harassing Linger To protect her Song challenges Zhou to a high stakes billiards showdown*This entry is participating in the ReelShort Reel Vertical Impact contest

When a High Level Mafioso finds himself in the body of a bullied high schooler, he uses it as a second chance at finishing high school. But will his street smarts help him to fulfill his dream of going to college, or will a group of bullies drive him to drop out again?

Sophie met Justin seven years ago, but she doesn't remember who he is. As fate would have it, they reunite seven years later after a one night stand. She mistakens him for a callboy and asks him to fake marry her, but little does she know... he's a billionaire!

When her boyfriend suddenly drops out of their roadtrip to her best friend's wedding, Samantha Smiles is forced to take the long drive from LA to NYC with the boy she's spent the last five years trying to forget. The boy she spent one secret summer night with. The boy she let take ALL her firsts: Tristan Montgomery, AKA her best friend's older brother! Torn between loyalty and her resurfacing (mutual?) feelings for Tristan, Samantha has to make a choice: will she keep living for others, or will she finally, for once, do something for herself?!

Jane Wellsy has a secret — she's got a crush on her step brother Nate Duncan. No one knows except for her worst enemy, hockey badboy Zach Gates. Even worse, Jane finds out Nate's new transfer student girlfriend was her bully from high school, Melissa! When Melissa finds Jane's smutty story and demands to know if it's about Nate, Zach swoops in to save her, kicking off their fake relationship to keep her secret safe. As they spend time together, Jane finds there's a warm, kind heart under Zach's cold bad boy persona, ready to heal her broken heart and face the world at her side...

When her boyfriend suddenly drops out of their roadtrip to her best friend's wedding, Samantha Smiles is forced to take the long drive from LA to NYC with the boy she's spent the last five years trying to forget. The boy she spent one secret summer night with. The boy she let take ALL her firsts: Tristan Montgomery, AKA her best friend's older brother! Torn between loyalty and her resurfacing (mutual?) feelings for Tristan, Samantha has to make a choice: will she keep living for others, or will she finally, for once, do something for herself?!

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During her first year in high school, Hannah Morrow is losing her virginity to the powerful Jamie St. Clair in their prestigious private school’s library. Jamie breaks up with her in front of the whole school and she loses her scholarship. When the two are reunited their final year, they fake a relationship despite hating each other. But real feelings lay underneath their fake relationship. Will Hannah get back the boy who broke her heart? Or will she lose everything when their fake relationship is exposed?

When two hot brothers go after plus size Sophie, will she pick the true-hearted bad boy or the lying quarterback?