Say hello to Contribution Points, a new way to be part of the festival. You now earn points for everything you do on Shortlist: voting, rating, reviewing, commenting, liking, posting, and adding films to the catalog. The more you take part, the higher you climb, from Newcomer all the way to Legend. What's new: • Contribution ranks shown right on your profile • Top Contributors leaderboard to see the community's most active members • A clear breakdown of everything you've earned in Settings > Contributions • Profile bios so you can tell everyone who you are • A bigger, cleaner profile photo • Award laurels now appear on films in the feed, tap any laurel to see the award and ceremony details • Anyone can now suggest edits to any film to help keep the catalog accurate • A notification when your submitted film is approved and goes live • Various bug fixes and performance improvements Thank you for being part of the Vertical Shorts Festival community.

Say hello to Contribution Points, a new way to be part of the festival. You now earn points for everything you do on Shortlist: voting, rating, reviewing, commenting, liking, posting, and adding films to the catalog. The more you take part, the higher you climb, from Newcomer all the way to Legend. What's new: • Contribution ranks shown right on your profile • Top Contributors leaderboard to see the community's most active members • A clear breakdown of everything you've earned in Settings > Contributions • Profile bios so you can tell everyone who you are • A bigger, cleaner profile photo • Award laurels now appear on films in the feed, tap any laurel to see the award and ceremony details • Anyone can now suggest edits to any film to help keep the catalog accurate • A notification when your submitted film is approved and goes live • Various bug fixes and performance improvements Thank you for being part of the Vertical Shorts Festival community.

Say hello to Contribution Points, a new way to be part of the festival. You now earn points for everything you do on Shortlist: voting, rating, reviewing, commenting, liking, posting, and adding films to the catalog. The more you take part, the higher you climb, from Newcomer all the way to Legend. What's new: • Contribution ranks shown right on your profile • Top Contributors leaderboard to see the community's most active members • A clear breakdown of everything you've earned in Settings > Contributions • Profile bios so you can tell everyone who you are • A bigger, cleaner profile photo • Award laurels now appear on films in the feed, tap any laurel to see the award and ceremony details • Anyone can now suggest edits to any film to help keep the catalog accurate • A notification when your submitted film is approved and goes live • Various bug fixes and performance improvements Thank you for being part of the Vertical Shorts Festival community.

Say hello to Contribution Points, a new way to be part of the festival. You now earn points for everything you do on Shortlist: voting, rating, reviewing, commenting, liking, posting, and adding films to the catalog. The more you take part, the higher you climb, from Newcomer all the way to Legend. What's new: • Contribution ranks shown right on your profile • Top Contributors leaderboard to see the community's most active members • A clear breakdown of everything you've earned in Settings > Contributions • Profile bios so you can tell everyone who you are • A bigger, cleaner profile photo • Award laurels now appear on films in the feed, tap any laurel to see the award and ceremony details • Anyone can now suggest edits to any film to help keep the catalog accurate • A notification when your submitted film is approved and goes live • Various bug fixes and performance improvements Thank you for being part of the Vertical Shorts Festival community.

- Season 3 is on the way. Submissions open September 1, watch the live countdown in the Explore tab. - Season 2 voting has closed. Thank you to everyone who voted, winners coming soon. - Explore is now organized by season, with each category ordered by how many films it has. - Fixes and refinements throughout.

- Season 3 is on the way. Submissions open September 1, watch the live countdown in the Explore tab. - Season 2 voting has closed. Thank you to everyone who voted, winners coming soon. - Explore is now organized by season, with each category ordered by how many films it has. - Fixes and refinements throughout.

• New News section — the latest vertical drama and short-film industry news, built right into the app. • Search stories by topic, creator, or keyword. • Like stories and join the conversation in comments. • Get a notification the moment a new story goes live. • Faster, cleaner way to create posts from Feed and your profile. • Polish and stability improvements throughout.

Posts are here! Share up to 10 photos, tag films and creators, and add music to your posts. New posts from people you follow now appear at the top of your feed. Also in this update: • Like, comment, and follow, with notifications so you never miss a reply • Are you a filmmaker? Claim your creator profile right from your account • Smoother profile tabs and swiping on Android • Full-quality posters for community film submissions • Various bug fixes and performance improvements

- Added Create Post functionality, allowing users to share artwork and other community content. - Added support for editing community-added film pages. - Added profile picture editing for all users. - Improved UI consistency and implemented minor quality-of-service enhancements. - Fixed various bugs and stability issues.

- Fixed the likes/votes not displaying properly glitch

- We've completely redesigned profile and project sharing. You can now share them as beautifully designed images, perfect for social media - Added new game "Vertle" – Play our new daily word game inspired by the world of vertical films - Refresh Your Feed – Pull down to refresh your Home Feed and instantly discover the latest projects and submissions - Share Your Achievements – Celebrate your milestones by sharing your achievements with friends and followers - New Vertical Trivia Question - Guess the Poster trivia challenge - Minor UI Improvements

- Added Watchlist – Save projects to your Watchlist and access them anytime - Redesigned User Profiles – A cleaner, more modern profile layout with improved navigation - Added Interests – Personalize your profile by selecting your interests - Redesigned Notifications – Refreshed the in-app notification experience for better readability - New Trivia Game – Test your knowledge with Match the Actor with Their Character - Improved Cast Credits – Actor names are now displayed above the characters they portray - Verification Checkmarks – Replaced profile badges with cleaner verification checkmarks - Follow Back Button – Quickly follow users back directly from your Followers list

- Introduced a new community-driven feature that allows users to add films directly to the app - The cast section properly displays the characters portrayed by each cast member - Minor UI fixes

- Added Critic Hub - Fixed an issue that could cause project view counts to display incorrectly - Improved profile statistics so total project vote counts now update immediately without requiring a refresh - Added Vertical Trivia, a new interactive feature designed to test users' knowledge of projects, creators, and the vertical entertainment industry - Implemented various quality-of-life improvements and performance optimizations throughout the app

-Added release year display under the Seasons tab for improved timeline visibility -Followers are now notified when users unlock new achievements -Achievement notifications have been redesigned and now appear as overlay popups for better visibility -Redesigned the Upgrade to PRO button with a more subtle and professional appearance -Added Redeem Code Offer option for direct promo code redemption inside the app -Fixed an issue preventing some users from deleting their accounts -Added Written By field to project details to properly credit writers -Director names are now displayed as subtitles on the Explore screen -Usernames and profile picture borders now visually reflect user roles -Increased critic review character limits from 100/1000 to 250/1200

- Renamed "Watch Now" button to "Explore Project" - Improved handling of long usernames to prevent line breaks across multiple rows - Added the “Founding Rose” achievement - Added Following count and Following list to user profiles - Fixed an issue where likes on reviews were not always being saved correctly - In App notifications now display user profile pictures

- Redesigned and improved profile interface - Added dedicated Settings menu - Comments now automatically update to reflect username changes - New project notifications now trigger only once per device, even with multiple logged-in accounts - In-app purchases are now securely linked to user accounts instead of individual devices - Fantasy Chat data has been migrated to the backend for improved performance and reliability

- Follow notifications now display properly - In-app notification list now displays all the notifications - Fixed a modal scroll glitch - Added completed achievement subfield - Added Early Bird achievement - Added achievement tooltip

- Allows new users to be linked to their 'creator' accounts - Fixed push notifications not triggering bug - Added "Known For" field in user's (creator) profile - Added poster images to the reviews