Calling all industry professionals and blossoming talent! Like the stars you are, it's your time to shine! Welcome to the premier VertiStar Vertical Film Fest. Created by industry professionals to feature the exciting, ground-breaking, and disrupting genre of vertical micro-dramas and creator content.
Our goal is to acknowledge and celebrate emerging talent and raise the standard of quality in this space.
VertiStar’s mission is to empower the next generation of storytellers, social media influencers, and artists by delivering cinematic short-form content through a mobile-first platform that fuses entertainment, commerce, and culture.
To this end we are only accepting vertical-format micro-drama features; any genre, but primarily: Romance, Drama, Thriller, Action, Comedy, Quick Reels, & All AI. Our audience and judges will decide the winners of these categories.
***EVERY VIEWER'S "LIKES" COUNT !!!***
This is a hybrid event with initial digital screenings and voting on the VertiStar.app followed by a day-long live event on July 24, 2026 featuring a networking event, breakout sessions, and showings of all the winning entries by category and laureled award recognitions.
Purchase Tickets at: https://vertistar.app/festival-attendees/#register
