Our Team
S. Botello Productions™ (SBP) was founded by Susy Botello in 2006. Susy is honored and grateful to have a team of ambassadors working together to bring mobile filmmaking to it’s fullest potential. The San Diego based, International Mobile Film festival is a platform focused on the smartphone creative community.
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Mobile Film Advocate & Podcaster | Festival Founder & Director
Smartphone Film Industry Pioneer Film Festival Founder, Advocate & Podcaster inspiring storytellers globally.
Susy is passionate about storytelling and film. She’s a pioneer, an avid speaker, writer, and storyteller spreading the message of the mobile smartphone film community worldwide.
She founded International Mobile Film Festival in 2009 as the centerpiece of an organic strategy to expand and support mobile filmmaking as a distinctive art form worldwide.
Susy created programs like the Mobile Film School (2012) and is host of the SBP Podcast Mobile Filmmaking (2017). She has an Associate of Science (A.S.) Degree in Media Communications.
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
“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, January 2, 2020
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Aaron Nabus is the co-host of the Hall H Show (a comic book and pop culture podcast), Aaron Nabus and co-host Alex Benedicto, have become a voice for independent creators and for artists in “artist alley” at various comic conventions. In fact, it was at San Diego Comic-Con 2016, where Aaron first met Susan, at her panel that showcased how smartphone technology has gotten to a point where anyone in the world with a smartphone, can make a movie that can be shown on the big screen. All you need is a compelling story!
As a frequent collaborator with Susan and supporter of the growing mobile film movement, Aaron is honored to be a Brand Ambassador for the International Mobile Film Festival. Since 2018.
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We are honored to have Jed Brophy as an Ambassador to the International Mobile Film Festival based in San Diego. Jed Brophy has inspired many in the mobile film community as more filmmakers with a dream to make films share their stories by making films with smartphones. Jed Brophy attended the International Mobile Film Festival in San Diego #MFF2023SanDiego, in person. Get details.
Jed is a well-known accomplished actor in the film and theater industries. Alongside his good friend Mark Hadlow, Jed Brophy was a principal actor in the feature length film Blue Moon, written and directed by Stef Harris. Jed Brophy is a film actor from New Zealand. He has appeared in several of Peter Jackson’s films, including Braindead, Heavenly Creatures, The Lord of the Rings film Trilogy, and King Kong. Jed Brophy also appears as the dwarf Nori in The Hobbit films. His son Sadwyn Brophy played Eldarion in Return of the King and other Lord of the Rings films. Jed is also in the most recent The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power on Amazon Prime.
As a big supporter of mobile film and storytelling, Jed has joined our team of ambassadors. Jed Brophy is a Judge in the short film competition 2025.
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It is a great honor to have Mark Hadlow, NZOM (New Zealand Order of Merit) as an Ambassador to the International Mobile Film Festival based in San Diego. Mark is one of the principal actors in the feature length film, Blue Moon. The film inspired many in the mobile filmmaking community with a dream to make movies to use their smartphones as cameras to realize those dreams.
Blue Moon also stars Jed Brophy, with whom Mark Played the dwarf Dori in The Hobbit film Trilogy. The Hobbit was Mark’s third Peter Jackson movie. Blue Moon was written and Directed by Stef Harris. Mark’s daughter Olivia, plays a role in the film. Written and directed by Stef Harris, shot with the iPhone by Ryan O’Rourke and edited by Judd Resnick, Blue Moon is fast going viral with the mobile filmmaking community around the world. Mark is one of New Zealand’s best known actors. He has performed in countless theatre shows throughout New Zealand.
In Meet the Feebles he voiced Heidi the Hippo and Robert the Hedgehog, and sang many of the songs. King Kong saw him rehearsing and performing the role of Harry in the vaudeville scenes opposite Naomi Watts and Bill Johnson. The latest Peter Jackson movie just released “Mortal Engines” saw him playing the Auctioneer Stigwood. Mark is a judge for the feature film competition IMFF 2025.
We are honored and grateful to our team at SBP:
Susy Botello | Aaron Nabus | Jed Brophy | Mark Hadlow
The expenses of running the film festival and the podcast are difficult. Susy Botello, through her company, has been and continues to be an ongoing, passionate and supportive advocate for everyone in this growing international community since 2009. You can support, and give back, by becoming a patron or one time supporter. Thanks to our fiscal sponsor Angaelica, we are now able to accept donations. ANGAELICA is a non-profit 501(c)(3) and will provide tax deductible donation receipts to donors. Donate now.
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