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How vertical dramas, born in China, are disrupting Hollywood, one minute at a time

 15/11/2025 2 Views
How vertical dramas, born in China, are disrupting Hollywood, one minute at a time


In a faux castle on a hill in the US city of Los Angeles, a small film crew – with their cameras flipped sideways – squeeze into a bedroom and shoot a raunchy affair scene under the gaze of their Chinese producer.

This is the brave new world of vertical dramas – also called micro dramas – a multibillion-dollar industry that has taken Hollywood by storm in just two years, churning out algorithm-driven movies that are watched in addictive 60-second instalments on smartphones.

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