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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.

ReelTalk’s 2025 Year in Review highlights everything our vertical stars loved, learned, and lived for this year. This New Year’s special brings us together to relive the memorable moments of 2025 and set our intentions for 2026. Come celebrate and tune in!

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!

For their sixth anniversary, Natalie wants to surprise her husband Ethan, so she goes to the clinic to check on the sperm he stored… only to find out he took it out long ago! Turns out, he donated to his ex and childhood crush so she could have his baby! And now that woman is back—with the child. Worse, Ethan actually brings them into their home, as if they belonged there. After being let down again and again, Natalie finally makes up her mind. She’s done. She wants a divorce. She’s walking away. For good. Will Ethan manage to save their marriage before it's lost forever, or will Natalie disappear before Ethan realizes that he's lost a truly good woman?

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.

When ambitious casting assistant Cleo Marlowe risks everything to convince movie star Blake Wilder to act in her movie, she doesn’t expect him to say yes, or for the paparazzi to catch her walking out of his house. Branded as the girl who slept her way to a get ahead, Cleo becomes Hollywood’s favorite rumor. But while her reputation takes a nosedive, the notoriously cold and gruff Blake starts to show up for her in ways she never saw coming.

A woman with only three months left to live is caught in a dangerously seductive web. There’s the billionaire playboy who kept her as a secret lover but now brings his fiancée around, an ex-boyfriend back in her life with no memory of their painful history, and a mafia boss who sees his late wife in her, harboring a twisted desire to keep her close by any means. As lies and secrets blur the lines between love and obsession, what choice will she make?

The Stay-At-Home Dad Levels Up tells the story of Jack Parker, a penniless orphan deeply devoted to his wife and son. Unfortunately for Jack, his wife’s family has always disapproved of him, and are actively trying to sabotage their relationship. All that changes when Jack becomes the heir to one of the richest companies in the world. Now Jack must convince them that he is really a billionaire, before they sabotage his marriage, get his daughter taken away, or even have him killed.

Single mom Maria escapes abuse and fights to protect her daughter, Judy. From factory struggles to elite schools, she faces enemies, family betrayal, and unexpected love. When billionaire Levi enters her life, everything changes...

Catherine Rowen spent three years as a contract wife, treated like a servant and discarded the moment her divorce papers were signed. Pregnant, humiliated, and threatened by her husband’s mistress, she hits her lowest point, until a helicopter lands, revealing the truth: she is the long-lost daughter of the powerful Lane family, rightful sister of Dominic, Connor, and Liam.

Taken in as a ward of the Calvert family, Eva has always loved Declan Calvert, the boy who grew up as her protector. Nonverbal since birth, she struggles to express her feelings in a marriage built on duty—Declan only married her to honor his grandfather’s dying wish. Trapped in a toxic union, Eva endures Declan’s cruelty and his mistress Selene’s relentless schemes to drive her out. Despite it all, Eva clings to the hope that Declan might rediscover the love they once shared as children. Bound by silence, Eva must decide: fight for his heart or break free before it’s too late.