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The Asian Academy Creative Awards (AACA), which annually recognize the best audiovisual productions in the Asia-Pacific region, have announced the creation of a "Best Micro-Drama" category starting with their 2026 edition. The Asian Academy Creative Awards are headed by Fiona McKay, Chief Executive Officer, alongside Michael McKay, founder of the organization and a key figure in the Awards' history. For the Academy, the format, consisting of episodes of 30 seconds to five min

The screening of the series King Gandolfi took place on May 7, 2026, in Toulon at the Chalucet Media Library, as part of the MEDSERIES Club. Organized by Quattrocento in partnership with the City of Toulon, the event offered an immersion into several formats of contemporary serialized storytelling on the eve of the Cannes Film Festival. Presented as the opening screening, King Gandolfi is an offbeat medieval comedy series following a King confronted with trials involving myst

Jen Cooper, a key figure in Duanju in England and founder of Vertical Drama Love, organized a physical awards ceremony in Los Angeles dedicated to the format: the Vertical Drama Love Fan Awards. The event took place on April 23, 2026, at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood, a venue with a capacity of 350 people, bringing together creators, actors, platforms, and audiences around vertical productions. The ceremony relies on an international fan voting system, with partici

In 2016, in Prague, when TikTok didn't yet exist and vertical was still seen as a framing error, Krystof Safer created Vertifilms, a festival entirely dedicated to films shot in 9:16. Interview with Krystof Safer, founder of the Vertifilms festival, conducted by Wenwen Han. For him, a vertical film is first and foremost a work conceived for a smartphone held vertically, without abandoning the conventions of classic cinema. The films selected for Vertifilms are shot with a rea

The Global Traffic Conference (GTC) took place in early November. Organized by Beluga Global, the event brought together professionals from China and abroad to discuss video games, artificial intelligence, and short vertical fiction. Nearly 200 exhibitors presented their projects in an atmosphere focused on creativity and international collaboration. Duanju.news correspondent and Chinese producer Wenwen Han traveled to the event to cover it and share the highlights in a short

Registration is now open for Content London 2025, the world’s leading development market, conference, and screenings event, which will...

The global rise of short-form vertical storytelling is about to make history with the first-ever Vertical Drama Market, an industry event...

From November 5 to 6, 2025, Shanghai will host the Global Traffic Conference, a major event dedicated to video games, digital applications, technologies, and brands seeking to expand internationally. Organized by Beluga Global, this event attracts thousands of professionals from China and many other countries each year. A program focused on global innovation The program will take place at the Shanghai World Expo Exhibition & Convention Center and will feature several thematic

The Short Drama Forum returns this summer with a new edition that aims to deepen understanding of duanju and support the international...

After an initial local screening in November 2024, the evening of June 14, 2025, took on an international dimension. In Montmartre, the Studio Phocéen association brought together a local audience and guests from Europe, America, Asia, and Africa for an evening dedicated to mobile vertical fiction, still little known in France. In a friendly atmosphere, spectators and professionals discussed a format that is gradually establishing itself as a new narrative language. The eveni

This is a first: in Toronto, the exhibition La Verticale , initiated by Le Labo in partnership with the Cinéfranco festival, gives...

A first vertical projection of Duanju in France. On November 23, 2024, the Studio Phocéen association organized the very first vertical projection in France at the Gouttes Cave Tattoo bistro in Montmartre, inspired by the Duanju format. This short and dynamic format, designed for phones, was presented to the Parisian public through several original mini-series, offering more French proposals for this type of content. The evening, hosted by Maëlle Billant , brought together ar