About | Mobile Film Stories

A Space for Mobile Filmmaking Storytellers

If you’re a filmmaker or video producer using your smartphone camera to shoot your stories, you’ve come to the right place.

UPDATE:

Mobile Film Stories has been renovated from the first streaming service in the world exclusive to films and videos shot with smartphones. We researched and wrote article July 15, 2022 Read the article. The change is due to progress for mobile filmmakers with regard to online distribution.

Mobile Film Stories is an online smartphone Film and Video community uniquely created for smartphone filmmakers and their audiences.

Mobile Smartphone Filmmakers will find potential collaborators for future projects. Aspiring filmmakers will be able to learn from and connect with experienced filmmakers and find inspiration for their own filmmaking ideas.

The Quad

Through The Quad forum, verified registered members can share their projects with other members and the public in general. Registered Members can interact with other registered members on the forum. Members are urged to add their social media profiles on their public profile. Members and the general public can connect with registered members on their social media platform. Membership is free and will continue to be free. At a future date, new members may be required to pay a fee to become members. All verified registered members prior to such time, the founding members, will not be charged any fees as long as they remain active members on the website.

Stories

The stories in the menu and sub-menu sections will feature stories as articles generated by Mobile Film Stories. You can link to them for social media sharing, website back links, articles written about you, social media profiles and more.

Stories feature inspiring members who have completed mobile smartphone shot films. Stories can include links to videos, SBP Podcast links, verified media articles (The Verge, Hollywood Reporter, etc., popular social media profile links, a website or blog link, and one unique quote from the member.

Official Member Badges

Receive official verified badges to mobile smartphone filmmakers with a link to an official directory, listing all verified mobile filmmakers on our website.

Verified members who have won at least three awards in a verifiable live in-person film festival will receive a complimentary badge to add to their websites, blogs, films, posters, promo materials, etc. You’ll need to provide a link to the festivals listing your name and awards. At this time, we do not have a limit on the dates the awards were given.

History

Mobile Film Stories is a production of S. Botello Productions™ (established in 2006) – a pioneer in promoting mobile films and opportunities for global smartphone filmmakers since 2009.

SBP created the official International Mobile Film Festival (IMFF) as the first traditional, live-venue film festival, known at the time, to accept only films shot with mobile phones. Since 2009 the IMMF has been passionately supporting mobile filmmaking and innovative storytelling. MFS is our effort to expand it into the broader, international mobile film community.

We’ve forged countless relationships with attendees, filmmakers, and others who have become passionate about mobile filmmaking and innovative storytelling. We’ve created several programs exclusive to mobile filmmaking with smartphones like San Diego’s Mobile Film School (2012), a Unique Community Stories program (2012), and the SBP Podcast Mobile Filmmaking (2017).

Join us in celebrating the art and craft of storytelling and mobile filmmaking with your smartphone. Be inspired.

Mobile Film Stories is a production of S. Botello Productions™ (established in 2006) – a pioneer in promoting mobile films and opportunities for global smartphone filmmakers since 2009.

Join us in celebrating the art and craft of storytelling and mobile filmmaking with your smartphone. Be inspired.