Internationally acclaimed Western Australian writer, artist and filmmaker Shaun Tan will step into the role of creative director for an adaption of his best-selling anthology Tales from Outer Suburbia.
Tan's illustrated anthology of fifteen short stories is based on his memories of growing up in the northern suburbs of Perth and has been adapted by the Australian Children's Television Foundation.
The production is supported by the Cook Government through Lotterywest funding that supports local screen production and local screen practitioners.
The Screenwest Scripted Production Fund is supported by the State Government's Screen Industry Strategy, which provides a 10-year framework for building productions in the WA screen industry, growing employment opportunities and supporting the development of screen industry capacity in this State.
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