S. Botello Productions

S. Botello Productions S. Founded and owned by Susan Botello, S. Susan Botello gained experience in video production professionally in 1998 as a freelancer. And so the story unfolds.

Botello Productions™ (SBP) est. 2006 created the International Mobile Film Festival, San Diego's Mobile Film School (non-accredited) & Mobile Film Stories: Smartphone Video & Film Streaming Service & Community Space. Botello Productions™ was created to provide video production services to small businesses and to empower youth through filmmaking opportunities to young adults and youth through paid

training. In the summer of 2006 she decided to start her own business to provide opportunities in film and video as she worked with film crews in film projects and jobs. Their stories were simple: They had a dream to be a part of the filmmaking industry and some of them had a screenplay or two which they struggled to get off the ground mostly due to lack of funding and knowing the "right" people to make it happen. When Susan came back from working on a film in Big Bear, California she decided that the idea she had years before which she came back to from time to time was something she could invest in. That idea was secured with a vision that although not everyone ha a cell phone with a camera yet, it was just a matter of time when everyone on the planet would have one or access to one. She began to form a strategy around the idea of making mobile filmmaking with cell phone cameras into a real opportunity for people of all ages anywhere in the world. She realized her idea needed to begin now in order to provoke manufacturers to create better cameras on phones at the same time that people would use the cameras on their phones to create, not just home videos, but actual cinematic films and movies. She began her search for a sponsor to secure a venue where she could project films shot with mobile phones on a big screen and and roll out the red carpet for attending filmmaker whom she would invite to share mobile filmmaking with a live audience and providing them with the same experience and respect that all other independent filmmakers experience in traditional film festivals. Susan was pretty stubborn about the necessity to provide a live venue for the film festival. She knew she could have a film festival online anytime. However, she persevered until finally, in 2012, she was granted a venue through the college where she graduated as an alumni. She could finally present the films on a big screen and prove to the world that mobile filmmaking was a viable option to get a foot into the door of the industry. The last weekend of April 2012, after several postponed festival dates due to lack of a venue, the inaugural International Mobil Film Festival™ took place with 9 films submitted and selected to screen. It had a number of attending filmmakers, including one filmmaker who traveled to San Diego from Macedonia to be a part of it, a red carpet awards ceremony and a mobile filmmaking workshop. Susan has persevered and continued to hold the film festival diligently on the last weekend of April annually. IMFF 2017 took place the last weekend of 2017 and received over 260 film submissions. The Mobile Film School (non-accredited) was launched officially on September 4, 2012 and MFTV launched July 4, 2013.

01/03/2026

We're inspired each and every year we witness you inspire each other and grow in the global mobile and independent filmmaking community. We look forward to seeing you in 2026!

We wish you a peaceful, safe, and creative new year 2026. Stay awesome, friends! Mobile filmmaking Rocks!

The red carpet is in your pocket™

12/21/2025

Listen to seven full episodes of the SBP Podcast Mobile Filmmaking hosted by Susy Botello in a special screenplay writing series.

12/09/2025

International Mobile Film Festival is the pioneer film festival for films shot with mobile phones for the cinema, based in San Diego, California.

10/20/2025

Never submit to a film festival without reading and understanding the criteria. In this page we hope to answer all your questions and more.

The SBP Podcast Mobile Filmmaking is a free resource that tells the story of mobile filmmaking through the years from pi...
10/15/2025

The SBP Podcast Mobile Filmmaking is a free resource that tells the story of mobile filmmaking through the years from pioneers to current filmmakers using smartphone cameras, the challenge to make narrative films for the big screen paid off. We are delighted to see our efforts, along with other pioneers who never gave up and kept their support for the future storytellers and filmmakers of cinema strong. Together we helped dreams come true and bring stories to life, that never had a chance to become movies. In our podcast, like in the International Mobile Film Festival in San Diego, filmmakers and storytellers connect and inspire each other.
https://internationalmobilefilmfestival.substack.com/p/production-tools-for-smartphone-filmmakers
http://sbppodcast.com

10/06/2025

Mobile filmmaking in 2026

We are really happy to announce the latest sponsor for IMFF 2025, Endolyne! We met her during our film festival in 2018 ...
04/04/2025

We are really happy to announce the latest sponsor for IMFF 2025, Endolyne! We met her during our film festival in 2018 as a filmmaker. We are honored and grateful for her sponsorship this year.

Check out her story: Give her a follow and support to help her realize her dream!

“Endolyne was created from a dream 50+ years in the making. After raising my 3 amazing boys and caring for my mom for almost a decade with Alzheimer’s disease an opportunity to write and sing serendipitously landed in front of me. Having zero experience and no idea what I was doing, I began. I kept at it and here we are two years later with some completed songs. Hooray! I wanted to step back in this transformation and allow a new chapter and character to emerge. End ol Lyne is a play on my middle name Gwendolyn and me being at the End of the Line in life. I have plenty more adventures in front of me and I hope you come along and enjoy the ride beside me.”

Announcing our newest sponsor for IMFF 2025: ENDOLYNE!

We look forward to introducing Endolyne to you because the talent behind Endolyne is from the mobile filmmaking community in 2018. Thankful for your support, Endolyne!
https://internationalmobilefilmfestival.com/collaborators/

SBP is working on something for you, and the best part is that we're building it with you. Get involved today! Join your...
02/13/2025

SBP is working on something for you, and the best part is that we're building it with you. Get involved today! Join your community.

What's new for the international smartphone filmmaking community in 2025? Let's build it together!

02/03/2025

Today is a bit special for the International Mobile Film Festival in San Diego, the SBP Podcast Mobile Filmmaking and other programs we've created around storytelling through film and video using your smartphone cameras. That's because this marks our creator S. Botello Productions's Birthday! 2006-2025 marks 19 years!

We celebrate this day with you, everyone who's ever been a part of the festival or any of our programs, everyone who's helped support us online and offline.

Festival filmmakers, judges, sponsors, ambassadors, team members, and attendees...most recently those who've donated to the festival through our fiscal sponsor and those who are working with us on our latest venture to empower independent smartphone filmmakers.

Podcast guests and listeners! Everyone who participated, engaged, and continues to interact with us.

We reap inspiration from you and with you. We look forward to another year bringing it all together with you, for you. Happy Birthday to all our friends around the world.

Photo credit: Mario Sevilla. IMFF 2024 venue. Levi Austin Morris, Allison Lobel, Joey Min, Stephanie Pham.

Nineteen years ago it was inconceivable that our little company logo would reach so many places around the world, some w...
02/02/2025

Nineteen years ago it was inconceivable that our little company logo would reach so many places around the world, some we'd have to look up!

Today, our home is your home. It's time. Join your community and get involved. We're building it with you.
https://subscribepage.io/mobilecommunity

Today is a bit special for the International Mobile Film Festival in San Diego, the SBP Podcast Mobile Filmmaking and other programs we've created around storytelling through film and video using your smartphone cameras. That's because this marks our creator S. Botello Productions's Birthday! 2006-2025 marks 19 years!

We celebrate this day with you, everyone who's ever been a part of the festival or any of our programs, everyone who's helped support us online and offline.

Festival filmmakers, judges, sponsors, ambassadors, team members, and attendees...most recently those who've donated to the festival through our fiscal sponsor and those who are working with us on our latest venture to empower independent smartphone filmmakers.

Podcast guests and listeners! Everyone who participated, engaged, and continues to interact with us.

We reap inspiration from you and with you. We look forward to another year bringing it all together with you, for you. Happy Birthday to all our friends around the world.

Photo credit: Mario Sevilla. IMFF 2024 venue. Levi Austin Morris, Allison Lobel, Joey Min, Stephanie Pham.

We look forward to sharing something new for the International Mobile Film Festival in San Diego and the SBP Podcast Mob...
01/10/2025

We look forward to sharing something new for the International Mobile Film Festival in San Diego and the SBP Podcast Mobile Filmmaking.

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Show off you make movies with smartphones. Let them ask so you can tell them: "I'm a mobile filmmaker!"
01/09/2025

Show off you make movies with smartphones. Let them ask so you can tell them: "I'm a mobile filmmaker!"

What is the recipe for making movies with your smartphone? We hear it's coffee and a mobile phone. © 2021 S. Botello Productions™. All rights reserved. • Millions of unique designs by independent artists. Find your thing.

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