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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.

During the Wanli era, Director of the Shadow Directorate Percival Thorne frames Edmund Stratton for high treason, destroying his clan to seize The Rhodian Queen's Elixir for the regeneration of severed limbs. The Heir of the Stratton Family, Tristan Stratton, flees to The Endless Dunes and is saved by Daisy Sinclair, daughter of The Proprietress Ruby Sinclair at The Wyrmgate Tavern. Daisy is actually The Last Maiden of the Rhodian Tribe, and her heart's blood is the necessary elixir catalyst. Percival takes the tavern hostage, forcing them to guide him into The Queen's Mausoleum. Surviving The Mirage Market, toxic traps, and trials by The Tomb Guardian, Tristan and Daisy discover the treasure's true nature: the Queen's most cherished possessions are simply everyday relics from home. They burn the treasure map, escape the desert, and return to wed at The Wyrmgate Tavern, leaving Percival trapped in the tomb to meet his doom.

Hailey Kaplan, a wealthy teenager who decides to conceal her true identity when she transfers to Western High, a public school. Tired of being known only for her family's wealth, Hailey hopes to make genuine friends and experience a normal teenage life. However, her plans are thrown into chaos when Candice Mathis, the daughter of the Kaplan family's maid, arrives at school posing as the Kaplan heiress. Candice quickly rises to the top of the social hierarchy, while Hailey finds herself at the bottom, subjected to bullying and ridicule.

Bullied and mistreated, a young High School girl is shunned from her previous pack for not having a wolf. Upon entering a new pack, she meets a dashing man who falls in love with her – except this man is her superior Alpha and the nephew of the one man that wants her dead.

LOUD is a tense short film about a woman seeking a quiet moment in the park. Her peace is shattered when a stranger sits beside her, invading her space with blaring speakerphone calls, obnoxious eating, and relentless noise. What begins as irritation escalates into overwhelming sensory chaos, pushing her to the brink of a panic attack. The film captures the suffocating weight of everyday intrusions and the fragile line between calm and collapse.*This entry is participating in the ReelShort Reel Vertical Impact contest

War hero Harrison returns from war to discover his sister has died by her fiancé, Karter's hand. Harrison infiltrates Karter's banquet wearing his worn fatigues, announcing to Karter that his punishment will arrive in 3 days. Eventually, he reveals his true identity as the Director of FBI, and achieves his ultimate revenge.

The Eliza Effect is a near-future sci fi story told in under a minute. It follows Eliza, a woman drawn into obsession with a lifelike AI companion named Lucien. What begins as gossip between friends at a nightclub takes a darker turn as jealousy and control slip into the open. This short film combines romance, mystery, and a touch of Hitchcock-style tension.*This entry is participating in the ReelShort Reel Vertical Impact contest

Noname actress Aria Lynch married Shawn Group CEO Charles Shawn for her family but later asked for a divorce after a one-night-stand pregnancy. Six years later, Charles found out Aria's daughter Nina was his own blood and looked all over town for her whereabouts. Charles saved Aria and Nina from getting bullied at a film set but couldn't tell little Nina was the daughter he'd been looking for. At the birthday party Charles's mom organized for Nina, they finally found out Aria was Charles's ex-wife. Charles got down on his knee to propose to a pregnant Aria, this time with twins.

Mocked her classmates, Jessie Stark gains x-ray vision suddenly and can spot priceless antiques, predict stocks, and even see illnesses. From hustling in backstreet markets to dominating high-society auctions, Jessie turns her gift into a fortune—all while dodging rivals, outsmarting bullies, and untangling a web of secrets involving Gordon Graham, Leo Lawson, and a mysterious tycoon who knows more about her power than she does.

「Mirror」 Sci-fi horror short film The "Shadow Project" launched by the "Perfect Life" company claims to be able to strip away negative human emotions and map them into the "Shadow" body in the mirror. The protagonist gradually discovers the scam of "reducing emotional burden" in the eerie confrontation with himself in the mirror ....*This entry is participating in the ReelShort Reel Vertical Impact contest

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...