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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- 8/31/2017
- Screen Anarchy
(L-r): Yingna Lu, Hyun Lee, Natalie van den Dungen and Nicole Coventry..
Screen Nsw has announced grant funding for three new short films as part of its Generator: Emerging Filmmakers Fund. .
This year.s applications required the inclusion of a female director and priority was given to teams including people from under-represented groups. Each funding grant of $30,000 covers the shoot and/or post-production.
Aquarius Films. Cecilia Ritchie and Polly Staniford will executive produce all three titles. Aquarius' slate includes the upcoming Lion, directed by Garth Davis, and Berlin Syndrome, directed by Cate Shortland — recently selected for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
The filmmaking teams will also be supported by Screen Nsw development and production exec Andrea Ulbrick.
Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson said the three projects were "bursting with fresh ideas and creativity". .
.It.s particularly exciting that the films will be directed by women and that the key creative...
Screen Nsw has announced grant funding for three new short films as part of its Generator: Emerging Filmmakers Fund. .
This year.s applications required the inclusion of a female director and priority was given to teams including people from under-represented groups. Each funding grant of $30,000 covers the shoot and/or post-production.
Aquarius Films. Cecilia Ritchie and Polly Staniford will executive produce all three titles. Aquarius' slate includes the upcoming Lion, directed by Garth Davis, and Berlin Syndrome, directed by Cate Shortland — recently selected for the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.
The filmmaking teams will also be supported by Screen Nsw development and production exec Andrea Ulbrick.
Screen Nsw CEO Courtney Gibson said the three projects were "bursting with fresh ideas and creativity". .
.It.s particularly exciting that the films will be directed by women and that the key creative...
- 12/16/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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,...
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,...
- 5/9/2016
- by Staff Writer
- IF.com.au
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...
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...
- 10/8/2015
- by Inside Film Correspondent
- IF.com.au
A new campaign by the Gastro-Intestinal Cancer Institute is challenging kids to eat more fruit and vegetables while raising money to help support the fight against cancer.
Created by ad agency Dynamix, the Gutsy Challenge aims to inspire children to eat two fruit and four vegetables a day for one week and raise as much money as possible with the opportunity to win prizes.
Russel Conley, executive officer at the GI Cancer Institute said: “We are really excited with the direction the Gusty Challenge has taken this year. We initially engaged Dynamix to manage the redesign of Gusty Challenge website and were so impressed with their work and creative thinking, we asked them to create this years Csa.”
Ryan Hill, Ecd at Dynamix said: “It’s been an honour to help create awareness of the Gutsy Challenge, it’s a great program for an important cause. Gastro-intestinal cancer is a big problem,...
Created by ad agency Dynamix, the Gutsy Challenge aims to inspire children to eat two fruit and four vegetables a day for one week and raise as much money as possible with the opportunity to win prizes.
Russel Conley, executive officer at the GI Cancer Institute said: “We are really excited with the direction the Gusty Challenge has taken this year. We initially engaged Dynamix to manage the redesign of Gusty Challenge website and were so impressed with their work and creative thinking, we asked them to create this years Csa.”
Ryan Hill, Ecd at Dynamix said: “It’s been an honour to help create awareness of the Gutsy Challenge, it’s a great program for an important cause. Gastro-intestinal cancer is a big problem,...
- 8/14/2012
- by Colin Delaney
- Encore Magazine
<p><a href="http://www.encoremagazine.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/The-Sapphires.jpg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-3055 alignright" title="Farmer and Anu in the current stage version of The Sapphires" src="http://www.encoremagazine.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/The-Sapphires-150x150.jpg" alt="Farmer and Anu in the current stage version of The Sapphires" width="150" height="150" /></a>Screen Australia announced its last investment round for 2010, with almost $18m for five features, three drama series, two low budget TV dramas, a children’s TV series, and 17 docos.</p> <p>The films include the musical <em>The Sapphires </em>(dir. Wayne Blair),<em> The King is Dead!</em> (dir. Rolf de Heer), <em>Dead Europe</em> (dir. Tony Krawitz), <em>Venice </em>(dir. Miro Bilbrough) and <em>Summer Coda</em> (dir. Richard Gray).<span id="more-6142"></span></p> <p><em>Summer Coda </em>was released in October, and today’s announcement by Screen Australia refers to a September decision that provided the film with post-production funding.</p> <p>The projects are:<br /> Feature Drama<br /> <strong>Dead Europe</strong><br /> See Saw Films Pty Ltd<br /> Producers Emile Sherman, Iain Canning<br /> Writer Louise Fox<br /> Director Tony Krawitz<br /> Sales and Distribution Cross City Sales, Wild Bunch International Sales, Transmission Films<br /> Synopsis Isaac, a late 20s Greek Australian, spirals out of control when he’s forced to confront<br /> his own family’s cursed legacy on his first trip to...
- 12/2/2010
- by Miguel Gonzalez
- Encore Magazine
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