short reel Movies & TV Series

We all have two sides: the one we show, and the one that answers when no one's looking. Twin is a short psychological thriller/suspense about the thin line between ignoring and inviting, between blocking a call -- and becoming the version of you who picks it up. A late-night text. A door left open. And a presence that feels eerily familiar.*This entry is participating in the ReelShort Reel Vertical Impact contest

Little Alodia had a tough start. At just five years old, she was stuck living with her mean aunt Rhea who only cared about boys. Life was lonely until she met Jade, the fiery widow everyone in Loess Village talked about. A funny thing happened after Jade took Alodia in. Suddenly, Jade's struggling herb business took off. Bills got paid. Good things just kept happening. Turns out the quiet little girl was what folks called a "luck magnet" - where she went, fortune followed. Of course, nasty aunt Rhea came sniffing around when she heard. The village chief, Larry Greene, heard the rumors, trying to take Alodia back. But Jade wasn't having it. With help from folks like Osmond and the neighbors, they showed Rhea for the cruel woman she was. In the end, Jade got to keep her lucky little girl, proving sometimes the family you choose is better than the one you're born into.

Having caught her fiancé cheating with her best friend, she cancels the wedding. When they meet again, her ex mocks her for being a menial diner owner, and she just calls over her new waiter. To the jerk's shock and dismay, he recognizes this "waiter"! His loser ex's employee and husband is a billionaire CEO!

After a spontaneous first meeting, they got married right away. She secretly works as a janitor at his company while facing bullying and jealousy from coworkers. As the company president, he quietly protects her whenever she's in danger—but how long can they keep their secret?

Trapped in the Summer Heat is a 54-episode English short drama of family ethics & realistic tragedy. Set in extreme summer heat, it tells a heartbreaking story that 5-year-old Lily is locked in a scorching car by her father Ryan for hours, because Ryan chooses to stay with his mistress Sienna and her son Miles. Lily eventually dies of heatstroke. Her mother Marin frantically searches for her daughter, confronts her husband’s coldness and betrayal, and ushers in a broken ending and cruel truth. The drama focuses on three realistic pain points: marriage betrayal, parental neglect, and fatal danger of leaving kids in hot cars, with high emotional tension and dense conflicts, which is a realistic short drama with strong warning significance and payment appeal.

"After four years of secret love and six years of marriage, you repay me with this?" During our six years of marriage, I worked tirelessly at home like a servant. Yet my husband wanted to drive me away because of his first love's return！ Unable to endure it any longer, I chose to divorce him. When we meet again, I’m already a confident businesswoman negotiating at the table, and also a returned heiress, and he is no longer worthy to stand by my side.

After a one-night stand, he left her with an ring, and she became pregnant. Six years later, she returned with her triplets. Just as the three children were about to use the ring as a token to identify their father, the ring was nowhere to be found!

For five years, a woman was the secret lover of her boss, but he never truly loved her back. Fed up, she decided to leave the jerk she'd loved for so long, yet he was in a total panic...

Nancy Morgan had it all—wealth, status, the perfect life. But when her boyfriend Hank was left deaf and mute after a terrible accident, she gave everything up. Defying her father, Zack Morgan, she ran away from home, pretended to be muted herself just to stay by Hank’s side. For three long years, she worked odd jobs, scrimped and saved, all to pay for his treatments. Then, the unthinkable happened—Hank recovered. But instead of gratitude, he was ashamed of his past, and ashamed of Nancy playing the "poor mute girl." He started chasing after Yana, a woman who only wanted him for his newfound charm, while pushing Nancy away with cruel words and cold shoulders. Finally, enough was enough. Broken but not defeated, Nancy walked away. She returned to her family, moved abroad, and slowly rebuilt her life. And there, she found something unexpected—real love with Noah Vince, a man who cherished her for who she truly was. No disguises, no sacrifices. Just happiness, the way it was always meant to be.

Award-winning filmmaker Blake Ridder presents a twisted anthology of vertical shorts. Suspense. Fear. Stories that stay with you long after the screen goes dark*This entry is participating in the ReelShort Reel Vertical Impact contest

When the daughter called her father to save her collapsed mother, he was too busy taking care of his first love and her child. Unable to accept her mother’s death, the daughter continues to care for her as if she’s still alive, while the mother’s spirit lingers, unable to leave. Will the mother finally find peace, and will her daughter ever find happiness?