Vertical Drama submission

I have done that and I am being asked to submit a link to the movie. I shared the link from the app because it is only available in the app and yet we continue to get denied. Everything you told me to include has been submitted yet they continue to deny the entries. I have asked them to download the app to verify because it is the only way to see the verticals, in the app. We don’t have links to the micro-dramas, they are only available on the app. Verticals dont do press releases, too many being produced and they are made for the app. So how in the world are we supposed to get our micro dramas added? So many people not getting credit for the work they did because IMDb won’t download the app to verify. And that is the ONLY way to verify.

The way you explain this stipulates that the video content (no matter how vertical or microscopic it is) cannot be listed as separate titles and should be classified similarly to Video Games because the videos are encapsulated within an app.

Otherwise, you would be able to provide any accessible links to the video sources broadcasted through the app.

I don’t think you understand what vertical micro- dramas are. They are movies made for apps . There are several apps - drama box, reelshorts and gamma time. They are not video games. This is what is very popular now- people watching movies on their phones in apps. Here is an article: https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2025/dec/19/tv-microdrama-verticals-industry 

so no, it is not a video game. This is what the industry is now and there is no outside link to link to a movie that is in the app. When I post the  link here of the  film, you get a link to download the  app: https://gamma.sng.link/Erzbb/9e7w?_ios_dl=https%3A%2F%2Fgamma.sng.link%2FE%2Fshows&_android_dl=https%3A%2F%2Fgamma.sng.link%2Fshows&_smtype=3&_p=8dff3cfe-6720-4baf-9d79-4caabd936b3d

that is a direct link to the  movie. These are called verticals because they are made for your cell phone. 

@evolveordie​ You might want to look at the official sites and external sites provided for other vertical dramas at https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?keywords=vertical-drama&explore=keywords 

For examples from the top of those search results today:

1. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36106686/ with an external site at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt36106686/externalsites/ leading here.
2. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35270510/ with an official site at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35270510/externalsites/ (and also on the title page itself) leading here.
3. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt35270510/ with an external site at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt37151144/externalsites/ leading here. 

You just need third party evidence that the title is real and it seems many distributors provide such pages outside of the app. 

Hope this helps. 

@Col_Needham​ thanks but gamma time is a start up and as of right now there is no outside links as they distribute it themselves. Different model. Waiting to hopefully get some marketing materials but there are no outside links aside from going to the app. Here is a pic of the  movie in the  app  . This is the best I can do right now.  

I should mention one of our verticals is on IMDb but no idea how it was added because there is no external link to the vertical but Kris Jenner was an ep so maybe she gets special treatment 

https://m.imdb.com/title/tt38866406/?ref_=nm_flmg_job_1_accord_2_cdt_t_2

@evolveordie- Hi,

Please provide all the evidence that you can add and re-submit it so that it can be reviewed again. 

Thank you, I just resubmitted it - contribution number #260105-011126-704000 . And i added this instagram link to the director's account where he posted behind the scenes video of the making of the vertical.

please accept this title and let me know. thank you. 

@Maya​ here is the link i added to my submission 

https://www.instagram.com/mattmacedo/reel/DTCLAqZkfvq/

@maya 

Thank you, I just resubmitted it - contribution number #260105-011126-704000 . And i added this instagram link to the director's account where he posted behind the scenes video of the making of the vertical.

please accept this title and let me know. thank you. 

@Maya​  hello maya, for contribution 

this credit is still being rejected. can you please explain why?

@Maya​ and for contribiution260105-011126-704000 you approved the title but rejected all the credits. i uploaded a crew contact sheet yet all the producers and crew have been rejected. 

@Maya​  and here is a review of the film that has a credit list and lists most of the crew, i included this in my submission as well still the credits continue to be rejected: https://www.real-reel.com/vertical-drama-review-the-road-between-us-gammatime/

@evolveordie- The reason why this credit was rejected 260116-035705-430000 is because this credit is already on the title therefore it is a duplicate. 

If you are submitting other cast/crew credits please review our Credit Verification Help Guide for further information on the supporting evidence that should be submitted for filmography credits.