Susy Botello aka Susan Botello is the founder of International Mobile Film Festival. Susy created IMFF (2009) with her company S. Botello Productions™ (2006), from a vision during the events of 9/11 in 2001 during her studies in Media Communications, which included journalism, film, audio, multimedia and video.
Susy Botello has credits and professional experience in video and film; teaching, consulting, producer, editor, media manager, cinematographer, and more.
IMDb Credits: SBP Podcast | Suy Botello | Filmography | International Mobile Film Festival
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THE STORY
Susy is passionate about spreading the message of the mobile smartphone film community worldwide. She lives in San Diego, California. Storytelling has been a life-long passion for Susy. She grew up with an American father in the military and a mother from Spain. Experiencing life as a traveler between several countries from a very early age she began to realize how much stories empower and connect people around the world.
She began to plan the International Mobile Film Festival in San Diego for movies, mostly narrative films, shot with mobile phones in 2004-05 but she did not bring it to the public because the technology was too primitive to make narrative films for the cinema screen. In 2009, she realized that she could at least launch the festival, through her company, S. Botello Productions™ (2006).
Currently in its 15th annual edition filmmakers come from all over the world to San Diego to celebrate smartphone filmmaking. Australia, Canada, Chile, Indonesia, New Zealand, Germany, UK are just a few countries represented in our international film festival.
Her passion for storytelling goes back to early childhood.
“At the center of everything we experience is a story. Stories are always evolving. The only beginning and end to a story is the one that is told or the one we perceive.” Susy Botello
Through her work on the SBP Podcast Mobile Filmmaking and her contributions to the mobile filmmaking community, Susy Botello has become a respected and beloved figure in the world of indie film. Her passion for storytelling and her commitment to empowering aspiring filmmakers have made her an inspiration to countless individuals around the world.
Susy is a Mobile Film Advocate & Podcaster passionate about storytelling and film. She’s a pioneer, an avid speaker, and storyteller spreading the message of the mobile smartphone film community worldwide.
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
You can find out more about Susy through her podcast, her writing, and her speaking engagements.
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Susy speaks in-person about self-empowerment through storytelling and smartphone film and video.
She presented entertaining and inspiring lectures and workshops at San Diego Comic-Con International from 2016 through 2019 where she interacted with an audience of close to 400 attendees. Some of the attendees were inspired by her presentations to make films, submit them to IMFF and attend the festival.
She presented a smartphone filmmaking lecture at the inaugural IndyShorts International Film Festival (2018) in Indianapolis by Heartland Film. Several attendees were inspired to make mobile films, which they submitted the festival in San Diego in 2019, and attended in person.
Virtually, Susy presented at the MOJO Conference in Amsterdam in October 2021, and in March 2023 she spoke at The iconic Manchester Central Library in UK during a Women In Creative Industries event organized by Carol Ann Whitehead.
Susy connects with her audience in-person, virtually, in podcasts and through her writing.
WRITER
Susy’s most active publication is on Substack, where she shares personal stories under her passionate theme of storytelling, film and the empowerment of smartphone video and filmmaking.
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Susy is the editor for the Smartphone Filmmaking publication on Medium where she writes articles about many of her podcast guests and other relevant articles.
“How do I produce and host my podcast without going crazy while running a film festival? What quality gear do I use that‘s cost effective? What really good software do I use that costs almost nothing and is not a subscription? I researched podcasting for a year so you don’t have to. I have no interest in selling products to you. I’ve been hosting my podcast for six years and I’m always researching to improve it. I’ll share my podcasting secrets with you!”
Susy Botello, SBP Podcast Mobile Filmmaking
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Susy will share her podcasting secrets in a “no nonsense” consultation. She’ll share what she uses herself.
She’ll guide you on how to use reliable and inexpensive remote audio recording software without monthly subscriptions, podcast editing tricks with GarageBand, podcast interview tips, setting up your home podcast space, why you need RSS and more! Susy will share what to focus on to succeed with your podcast. Her consultation can help you build a foundation you can expand to bells and whistles.
“Podcasting is not hard. Don’t let your research mislead you or take you everywhere all at once. The benefit of my consultation is that you’ll walk away with what you really need, and an understanding that podcasting is a mind-set that will set you on the right path with confidence.”
If you’re interested in learning how to start a podcast and bring a voice to your community or company, contact Susy Botello and begin your No-Nonsense Podcasting 101 Consultation now.
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