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We don't cover a lot of child and youth oriented content here at Screen Anarchy but, y'know, kids can be pretty darn anarchic and good filmmaking is good filmmaking. And Natalie van den Dungen's Bunny New Girl definitely showcases a lot of good filmmaking. Seven-year-old Annabelle arrives for her first day at a new school wearing a homemade rabbit mask. Despite the reassurances of her kindly teacher, her classmates wonder what Annabelle is hiding. It takes the empathy of a new friend to give her the courage to be seen just the way she is. That synopsis comes from the film's appearance at the Tiff Kids festival in Toronto and after a very extensive festival run the full short is now online. Check it out...

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Natalie van den Dungen's.Bunny New Girl.

Little Big Shots is Australia.s largest and longest running film festival curated especially for kids aged 2-12.

After hosting Little Big Shots since its inception twelve years ago, Acmi has made the festival one of its internal programs in 2016.

Spanning animation, live-action and documentary titles, the Little Big Shots 2016 program features over 80 films, with 22 films made by child filmmakers and 28 films made by Australian filmmakers, screening over 10 days from July 1.

This year also features ten world premieres and 43 Australian premieres sourced from 26 different countries, including films from Iran and the Republic of Moldova for the first time in the festival's history.

Little Big Shots also features four films from Acmi.s national Screen It student filmmaking competition, as part of the festival.s Kids Behind the Camera session.

.Acmi has long been the proud home of Little Big Shots in Melbourne,...

Port Shorts Film Festival has named its first 12 finalists ahead of the Port Douglas event on October 24.

Eleven of Australia.s finest short films and one special entry from Iran have been chosen from more than 100 entries.

Aussie actor Stephen Curry, Wolf Creek producer Matt Hearn and Cairns. own screenwriter extraordinaire and ABC Far North radio host Kier Shorey will have the task of choosing a winner for the $5000 Port Shorts Open Filmmaker Award and the $2000 Port Shorts Local Filmmaker Award.

Port Shorts Film Festival director, Alison George, has thanked all of the filmmakers for making the finalist announcement such a tough task.

.To be honest we could.ve chosen another 20 worthy films to screen at the festival which is a tribute to the quality of filmmakers around the country and in Far North Queensland,. she said.

.We can guarantee there will be laughs, there will be tears and you...