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New York’s first microdrama film festival searches for its audience
It remains to be seen if people really want to watch vertical content on horizontal TV screens, but many filmmakers and creators were confident that their latest projects would play well at Alza — New York City’s first microdrama film…
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Alza, New York City’s first microdrama film festival, ran October 16‑18 and was founded by former Tribeca COO Pete Torres. The event positioned vertical‑screen storytelling as a growing cultural force, featuring microdrama premieres, industry panels and screenings of director Jerry Bradford’s vertical adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and the original Billionaire’s Broken Vow starring Eric Roberts. Both full‑length features were edited into short “episodes” for microdrama apps, resulting in jump cuts and abrupt soundtrack changes that highlighted the experimental format. The festival’s programming underscored creators’ confidence that vertical entertainment will become integral to the future.
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