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How vertical microdramas became a multi-billion-dollar industry

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On Stage, In Print, & Online: Guest Speaker at TIFF: The Market 2026, The Hollywood Reporter, Center Stage Magazine (Cover feature, Jan 2026), Vancouver Sun, C21Media, Channel 21 International, Playback, Canada Media Fund, Casting Workbook, Hollywood North Magazine.
Broadcast: CBC Radio, CTV News.
Podcasts & Interviews: Inside Vertical Casting (RSS.com), GateCrashers Pod, DMA Pod, EBOSS Canada.

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WATCH FIRST: Monika Dalman & Alicia Read — How Vertical Microdramas has become a multi-billion-dollar industry
Monika Dalman | TIFF: The Market Guest Speaker
Monika Dalman in C21Media | Microdrama under the microscope | Features
Monika Dalman in Casting Workbook: Why Is Everyone Talking About Vertical Microdramas?
Monika Dalman in the Vancouver Sun: Hollywood North's first union-approved vertical series in the works
Monika Dalman in Canada Media Fund | Verticals on the rise
Monika Dalman in The Hollywood Reporter: How Vancouver Became a Vertical Microdrama Factory
Monika Dalman on CBC Radio: The CBC’s Manjula Selvarajah talks to Canadians at the frontlines of the local duanju boom
Monika Dalman On the Cover Of Center Stage Magazine: Jan 2026 — by theWorkbook
Monika Dalman on EBOSS Canada Interview — CASTING DIRECTOR MONIKA DALMAN
Monika Dalman | Inside Vertical Casting: How Monika Dalman Shapes Talent for the Microdrama Industry | Podcast Episode on RSS.com
Monika Dalman on GateCrashers Podcast: Verticals are Here to Stay: How Monika and Alicia are Shaping a New Industry
Monika Dalman in C21Media: Channel 21 International — Fall 2025 — Drama by C21Media
Monika Dalman in Playback: Canada’s vertical production sector evolves with demand
Hollywood North Magazine VFSSA — Interview with Monika Dalman
Monika Dalman on CTVNews: The growing trend of 'microdramas'
Monika Dalman | BC Business: Lights, camera, drama: How microdramas are taking centre stage in B.C.’s film industry
Monika Dalman | Behind The Verticals: The Vertical Drama Industry in Canada
Monika Dalman In Who Casts What Part 2: VERTICAL Casting Directors