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At the event organized by the Studio Phocéen association on June 14, 2025, Veronica Angeles-Franco offered an insightful look at the rise of vertical fiction in Latin America. Between the legacy of telenovelas and new writing dynamics, this Mexican producer and screenwriter drew on more than twenty years of experience in the audiovisual industry to share a rich and inspired vision. For someone who has worked in Mexico, the United States, and South America, the vertical format

At the event organized by the Studio Phocéen association on June 14, 2025 in Paris, Jenny Rosen, an American screenwriter specializing in vertical fiction, shared her experience and vision of the sector. Based in Los Angeles, she now writes for platforms like Duanju Reelshort and Alta TV after having learned her trade on Wattpad, a site that allows authors to publish their stories for free and readers from all over the world to discover them. Her stories have accumulated more

During the event organized by the Studio Phocéen association on June 14, 2025 in Paris, the British producer Adam Gee, who came especially for the occasion, delivered a reflection on the place of mobile creation in the contemporary audiovisual landscape. Five-time BAFTA and Emmy Award winner Adam Gee has long been at the forefront of British television, pioneering formats such as Embarrassing Bodies (a mainstream, interactive health show on Channel 4) and Big Art Mob (a colla

On June 14, 2025, during the second public screening evening organized by the Studio Phocéen association in Paris, Mexican screenwriter Yamile Vaena shared her author's perspective on the narrative upheavals brought about by vertical fiction. A writer since childhood, rewarded for her first youth stories, Yamile Vaena has explored all formats: short stories, novels, advertising, audio, series, podcasts... before becoming one of the most prolific screenwriters in vertical dram

On June 14, 2025, during the second public screening evening organized by Studio Phocéen association in Paris, Californian professional Karla M. Rodriguez delivered a presentation on the evolution of formats and new production dynamics around duanju. A former Sony Pictures and Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences employee , Karla M. Rodriguez helped pioneer the mobile video boom by joining Vogue and Condé Nast . She now works in casting and partnership development for

On June 14, 2025, during the second public screening evening organized by Studio Phocéen association in Paris on the Duanju, Chinese producer Wenwen Han opened the videoconference with a striking intervention. Founder of the Short Drama Alliance and host of the Short Drama Decode channel, she shared a rich and documented presentation on the rise of short fiction in China. Wenwen Han places the duanju format within a long history: that of Chinese online novels, which appeared

On June 14, 2025, at the second public screening of the Duanju format organized by Studio Phocéen association in Paris, British journalist Jen Cooper opened the evening with a remarkable video presentation. Founder of the specialized media Vertical Drama Love and initiator of the genre's Fan Awards , she shared a personal and illuminating vision of this new fiction format. A former bookseller with a passion for romance, Jen Cooper presents herself as a "typical" viewer of the

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

Launched by Chinese producer Wenwen Han , Short Drama Alliance (SDA) is an international platform dedicated to professionals of duanju, these vertical mini-series designed for smartphones. The Short Drama Alliance's mission is to connect creators from around the world, foster international co-productions, and make China's thriving short drama ecosystem more accessible. The platform offers: a free discussion space for authors, producers, translators and distributors, monthly r

Before joining the international platform Stardust TV in 2025, the soap opera miniseries " Next Door Adventure " had already achieved viral success on Facebook, racking up nearly 700,000 views. Two initial excerpts released in spring 2023 revealed the potential of this format, which is still new in France. In 2023, no French-language platform yet existed, even though the format was already booming abroad. In China, 2023 marks the explosion of mini-vertical soap operas. In thi

In April 2025, Next Door Adventures, a new creation by Guillaume Sanjorge, marks an important step: the entry of the French short format on Stardust TV, a Chinese platform dedicated to Duanju. This is a first for the Asian app: a French-language series, filmed entirely in France, is joining its international catalog. Subtitled in eight languages (English, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, and German), the series is open to a wide global audience. Launche