Eight new micro-dramas to start in October
A Chilean TV network films a family mystery for phones, and a Hindi couple’s home loan falls through in episode six.
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Picks, creators and guides from the ShortFlix catalog of free micro-dramas: what to start, who makes them, and where to watch every episode in order.
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Eight micro-drama creators worth following
A one-person studio that plays every part, and a Chilean TV network that makes telenovelas for phones.
Where to start with Tamil, Hindi and Telugu micro-dramas
A Tamil romance with a refund clause, a Hindi match fixed on a mole, and a Telugu groom who never wanted the photo shoot.
The last episode is already up
Eight finished micro-dramas short enough for one sitting, in seven languages, from a driver who turns down his boss to a man who dates by the rules of quantum physics.
What the micro-drama apps give away on YouTube
DramaBox posts 66 episodes of an heiress’s summer job. Quick TV stops every series at episode 11.
A plain bag for a fortune
Eight hidden-identity micro-dramas in four languages, in pairs that hide the same thing in opposite ways: a runaway fiancée in rags, a princess in men’s clothes, a poor girl with a rich girl’s excuses.
Revenge that plans ahead instead of slapping back
Seven revenge micro-dramas where the lead does the plotting, from a wife who has dreamed her own murder to a reunion punchline sent back to 2006 with a list.
Which clause breaks first?
Seven contract-marriage micro-dramas in English, Spanish and Chinese, in order of what the deal covers: a day at the notary, a green card, a loan, a sister’s heart, a year, a murder and a secret.
If you liked Marry My Husband, try these second lives
Seven rebirth micro-dramas, one for each stock scene of the form, from a death in a prison cell to the nanny in the kitchen.
When the day needs a laugh
Comedy micro-dramas in seven languages, from a Bengali groom with two-day-old sweets to an Iraqi deputy in his sheikh’s chair.
Chinese micro-dramas let the heroine start over
A woman gets her twenties back, a reader wakes up as the villainess of a novel, and a pork seller in 1985 watches her fiancé come home with a woman he calls his wife.
Fall for a Chinese romance, easiest first
Seven Chinese romance micro-dramas from seven channels, ranked by how soon episode 1 starts the story and how much the premise asks you to believe.
A tea stall at half past nine
A guide to Bengali micro-dramas, from a job interview at a tea stall to a widower who will not leave his in-laws’ house.
Ya llegó a quien estábamos esperando (the one we were waiting for is here)
Five Spanish micro-dramas from five channels, from a school where you find your soulmate by the colour of your clothes to a Venezuelan crime serial.
A jethani stays a jethani
Six Hindi comedy micro-dramas and the characters they run on, from a nanad who coaches her mother to a phupha insulted with rasgullas.
The people behind the camera, and in front of it
Seven independent micro-drama creators in six languages, from a Telugu filmmaker credited with five crew jobs to a family that posts on two channels.
How the revenge micro-drama channels get even
A soldier rings home with two months’ leave, an aunt accuses her niece before a judge, and a man reborn before a heatwave sells his killers a fake investment.