About

Grace Tan is a Writer and Director based in Gadigal land, Sydney, Australia. Her work often explores themes of dreams, gender, memory and diaspora identity. She is a graduate of UNSW Art & Design and the Australian Film Television and Radio School where she received a Masters of Screen Arts in Directing. Grace first cut her teeth working in documentary for VICE/HBO in London and in the commercial world as a creative designer and researcher. Her work includes co-writing episodic comedy noir web series ‘Appetite’ for SBS Digital Originals which had its World Premiere at Canneseries in 2023 and went on to be AACTA and AWGIE nominated. Her short films have also found success screening both locally and internationally. Her award-winning short ‘Lucky Peach’ had its World Premiere at the 70th Melbourne International Film Festival and went on to receive an ADG nomination. While her previous queer short film ‘Fish Head’ screened in festivals including NewFest New York LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival and more. Alongside developing a series of projects this year, Grace further developed feature film ‘Koan’ as part of AIF’s 2023 Untapped Program with Neilesh Verma and was selected to take part in the 2023 Playlab Film Lab in Mexico where she was mentored by the Artist and Filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

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E: tan.grace.yt[at]gmail[dot]com