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New York Microdramas Test a Bigger, Wider Room
· New York time
Alza, New York City’s first microdrama film festival, brought vertical filmmaking into a festival setting, The Verge reports. Founded by former Tribeca Festival chief operating officer Pete Torres, the event drew confidence from filmmakers and creators, while audience appetite for vertical work on horizontal television screens remained uncertain. The format’s move raises a practical presentation question as well as a commercial one: will work associated with phone viewing travel comfortably to another screen? Confidence is not yet demand. The filmmakers have brought their stories; the rectangle is still negotiating its accommodations.
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