Portable Film Festival
| Location | Melbourne, Australia |
|---|---|
| No. of films | 160 |
| Language | International |
| Website | http://www.portable.tv |
The Portable Film Festival is an online channel and film festival offering audiences the chance to download an entire curated international film and video program for free to a portable device, such as an iPod, Sony PSP, 3G capable mobile phone or laptop. The festival works to liberate the filmmaking and film viewing process, making story accessible to everyone regardless of their experience, location, or technical proficiency. As a cultural movement, the festival represents the growing democratization of filmmaking and viewing processes across the world.
In 2009 the festival has moved into a channel format, presenting new work as well as film and video culture on a daily basis. As of September 2009, the festival have tripled in size. It now has over 15,000 registered members and 50,000 unique visitors per month.
The festival channel features new work as well as film and video culture each day of the year. Each August, the Portable Film Festival hosts it annual competition, which features a curated selection of film and video culture. An international call for entries is open annually between March and June for both professional and amateur filmmakers.
Based in Melbourne, Australia, the first Portable Film Festival was launched online in September, 2006. It featured 67 pieces of content from over 250 submissions. 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.
The second festival commenced on 1 August 2007, and included 150 international entries in five categories in 2007. Samuel Tourneux's entry, Even Pigeons Go To Heaven, went on to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 80th Academy Awards. Singapore director Craig Rosenthal's entry The Trainee, premiered at the festival, picking up the "Grand Hopper" for best short film, subsequently going on to be showcased internationally at the New York City Shorts Festival, the San Francisco Independent Film Festival, the Cape Town World Cinema Festival and Cinemanila.
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