Support

We’ve been supporting artists and indie filmmakers long before IMFF. The International Mobile Film Festival has given in kind to people of all ages and all walks of life around the globe.

We began in the Spring 2009 with a platform and a challenge to make movies with the camera on their phone and compete in the first in-person film festival to showcase only movies shot with mobile phone cameras. No other mobile devices were accepted.

Since 2009, we’ve been supporting, celebrating and promoting filmmakers while providing year-round opportunities, including participating in our other programs and events.

How a father and his 11 year-old daughter made it to the IMFF red carpet to celebrate each other’s films shot with smartphones. Read and be inspired!

We are excited to welcome ANGAELICA to the International Mobile Film Festival as our fiscal sponsor.

We’re inspired that Angaelica’s Founder and Executive Director Breven Warren shares our vision to empower independent filmmakers around the world and nationally.

We can hardly express how honored we feel to connect with an organization that shares our vision of storytelling through film.

ANGAELICA is a non-profit 501(c)(3), based in Pasadena, California, and operates through grants and donations from individuals and corporations, membership, private sponsorship and submission fees.

“We are always working to be encouraging and empowering to artists, creators and independent filmmakers.” – Angaelica.

Thanks to Angaelica’s fiscal sponsorship, we can now accept donations. Angaelica will provide tax deductible donation receipts to donors within the month of January the year following your donation.

Join the International Mobile Film Festival making a difference in the independent filmmaking industry through smartphone filmmaking since 2009.

Your generous donations help us empower and support filmmakers around the world through our film festival and programs that support them year-round. The IMFF is exclusive to films made by people of all ages around the world, shot with the most accessible camera in the world, the mobile phone.

Your donation will help us:

Celebrate international filmmakers through our annual film festival
Promote and support emerging and potential filmmakers around the world
Empower storytelling through film using smartphones
Provide workshops and events to inspire filmmakers of all ages
Grow and expand our potential as a platform and a global community

Contribute today and help us continue to empower storytellers to share stories through film, connect, support, and inspire each other through film and storytelling.

Help us meet our needs for the 14th Edition in April 2025.

It’s easy to donate online. A gift of any amount will make a difference.

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Your donations to the International Mobile Film Festival also help support the wonderful work Angaelica is doing for the film community.

Since 2004, Angaelica has been growing through creative collaborations, independent productions, education programs and their own mentorship film festival (founded in 2008).

Watch this video on the global community form in San Diego with IMFF:

“The IMFF was an absolutely wonderful experience. There was plenty of engaging discussion on mobile phone filmmaking and it was great to finally hear first hand from other smartphone filmmakers about their experiences! Motivating! I thoroughly enjoyed the stunt coordinator’s workshop and the Red Carpet was fun! Would definitely like to be a part of this festival again. Outstanding festival Susy!!!” Rick Cerda from Texas | IMFF 2024

“My first time attending the International Mobile Film Festival was nothing short of amazing. Susy went above and beyond to make it an engaging and inspiring experience for all the attending filmmakers! I am so glad I participated with ‘Sapling’, it was a beautiful and memorable experience and I’ll definitely be participating more in the coming years!” Dhwani Shah from New York | IMFF 2024

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