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Susy Botello

@susybotello.bsky.social

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Smartphone Film Industry Pioneer Film Festival Founder, Advocate & Podcaster inspiring storytellers globally. Host of SBP Podcast Mobile Filmmaking and founder of International Mobile Film Festival in San Diego, California.

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Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · 2d

Feeling Halloween 👻? Get Paralyzed with this incredible feature film shot with iPhones by Levi Austin Morris, winner of the Best Feature Film Award IMFF @internationalmobilefilmfestival.com 2023. 📱🎬🏆#SweetScreams #Halloween

Get Paralyzed with Feature iPhone Film

Today is a big day for our mobile filmmaking community!

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Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · 5d

For many years speaking and addressing smartphone filmmaking, I’ve tried to convey how our stories are part of a collective story about humanity that includes all of us, if we choose to participate. There are many ways to share stories with each other, but narrative film is the best, in my opinion.

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Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · 5d

:) Thank you, and you too!

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SBP Podcast Mobile Filmmaking @sbppodcast.bsky.social · 6d

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. Free audio podcast by @susybotello.bsky.social no AI. www.sbppodcast.com

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Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · 10d

Static motion. Awesome!

Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · 15d

‘ But life is not a map. Paths are mostly an illusion. The person telling you to move down this path because it worked for them cannot even fully comprehend how it worked for them.’

I wrote this June 19, 2024.

Sometimes I write. Sometimes I spill things and publish them.

Resetting Oneself and Destiny

Fate is a really strange thing. Even if you don't believe in it.

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Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · 27d

Trying to get in the right headspace as a creator?
Listen to “Mental Health and Filmmaking” with Miguel Lopez de Leon in EP 216 of the @sbppodcast.bsky.social now playing in your pod player.

mobilefilmmaking.podbean.com/e/mental-hea...

Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · Sep 16

How many movies has Robert Redford been in? I don’t remember if he ever played a villain. Rest in Peace.

Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · Sep 16

Robert Redford, the Oscar-winning actor and director whose passion for activism led to the formation of the Sundance Institute and its formidable film festival, has died at age 89.

Access the free article here: www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

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Leonard Sultana (An Englishman In San Diego) @englishmansdcc.bsky.social · Sep 9

For the first year or so going to cons, I avoided AA's, purely bc I was like... what can I say to these immensely talented people, how can I not come off like a moron?

I get it. Overcoming that apprehension will be one of the most rewarding things a fan can ever do. The talent WANT to meet you!

AK Faulkner @ MCMxEGX @poopraven.bsky.social · Sep 9

Honestly if you skip Artists Alley at any conventions you attend which have one you are MISSING OUT. I can't imagine why you'd skip it, but every singe AA I go to is absolutely overflowing with breathtaking talent, inventiveness, artistic styles, and beauty.

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International Mobile Film Festival @internationalmobilefilmfestival.com · Sep 8

Awesome! Alan Chan, VFX Filmmaker and author, gets his hands on @susybotello.bsky.social’s Zacuto smartphone video rig with their micro-boom mic at #SDCC2025. Zacuto is sponsoring IMFF 2026, now open for film submissions (short & feature) shot with mobile phones. #MobileFilmmaking #MobileFilmSD

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Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · Sep 4

Awesome poster!

Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · Aug 31

Humans never needed BIG things to live happy lives. We just need each other and the REAL things we can share between us.

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Aaron Lindenthaler @mrjumpcut.bsky.social · Aug 26

Day 02 what do I put in my pocket while I'm shooting my short film CREEPSTER?

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Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · Aug 26

So cute, @mrjumpcut.bsky.social this is how to keep your stories close. 💫🎬

Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · Aug 21

Noooo! If it is I guessed. LOL

Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · Aug 21

It’s a possible mission, Steve. :)

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SBP Podcast Mobile Filmmaking @sbppodcast.bsky.social · Aug 21

We had an incredible discussion about the message George Lucas, Guillermo “Can’t get that from an app” del Toro and Doug Chiang. Join my award-winning feature filmmaker Justin Ho and host @susybotello.bsky.social for some inspiring insight about what it was like to be inside the room.
#podcast

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Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · Aug 14

Plant seeds to grow trees.
Share your stories.

Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · Aug 7

Sharing here too: Do yourself a mental favor and create your own art. Tell your stories. Get offline and share your beautiful spirit with others. Sign up for newsletters from people & companies you trust. Connect & support each other’s projects. Notice the human behind the art.

Seize the day.

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Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · Jul 29

Can’t shake that San Diego Comic-Con vibe! Hope your day is the adventure you crave.

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Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · Jul 28

I was lucky to have stumbled into Hall H for the first Comic-Con panel in San Diego with George Lucas.

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Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · Jul 27

My favorite shot of San Diego Comic-Con culture encapsulated in a moment outside the convention.

Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · Jul 25

Love this!!

Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · Jul 24

Last night downtown San Diego.

Susy Botello @susybotello.bsky.social · Jul 23

Who wants to get their hands on my smartphone video rig? It’s not a con! ;) Look for me there and I may let you ‘feel the filmmaker inside you’ with your own smartphone!
#MobileFilmmaking #SDCC2025

International Mobile Film Festival @internationalmobilefilmfestival.com · Jul 23

Downtown San Diego is lit for #SDCC2025 and we will be there for preview night looking for smartphone filmmakers! Are you going?
#MobileFilmSD #SanDiego