 Melbournians Andrew Apostola, 30, and Simon Goodrich, 28, founded the festival to explore the art of portable filmmaking and viewing.Apostola and Goodrich were already at the time directors of Portable, a digital studio that is interested in creating projects that merge digital and real world experiences.One of the films featured in the 2006 festival included Hungarian director's Geza M Geza and Eva M Toth's short, "Maestro", that went on to garner a nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 79th Academy Awards.