Raintree Pictures
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Mediacorp Raintree Pictures (simplified Chinese: 星霖电影; traditional Chinese: 星霖電影; pinyin: Xīnglín Diànyǐng) was a film production company based in Singapore. The company, a division of Mediacorp Group, was established on 1 August 1998. It financed The Truth About Jane and Sam , produced by Hong Kong's Film Unlimited and directed by Derek Yee. This film garnered a Best New Performer nomination at the 19th Hong Kong Film Awards for its lead actress, Fann Wong from Singapore.
The company closed down in 2012.
History
[edit ]Incorporated on 22 July and established on 1 August 1998, Raintree Pictures was Television Corporation of Singapore's (TCS) subsidiary to produce films.[1] Its first chief executive officer, Daniel Yun, was Productions 5 at TCS.[1]
Since then, Raintree Pictures has co-produced many films with other countries, including The Eye , The Eye 2 and Infernal Affairs II . Many of its films have won awards, such as the Golden Horse Awards from Taiwan, where child actress Megan Zheng won the Best Newcomer Award for her performance in Homerun . In 1998, the Singapore movie industry produces the first highly successful movie Money No Enough , where the film received mixed reviews from critics, but earned over S$5.8 million and was the all-time highest-grossing Singaporean film until 2012. This results its success which helped revive the Singaporean film industry and paved the way of future Singaporean local movies. In 2002, Singaporean satirical film I Not Stupid held the top position at the weekend box office chart in Singapore. It was later released in other countries such as Malaysia, Hong Kong and China.
Films
[edit ]| Release date | Film | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 7 February 2008 | Ah Long Pte Ltd | |
| 29 February 2008 | The Leap Years | |
| 14 August 2008 | 12 Lotus | |
| 4 September 2008 | Rule No. 1 | |
| 31 July 2008 | Money No Enough 2 | |
| 25 September 2008 | Painted Skin | |
| 30 October 2008 | Sing to the Dawn | |
| 25 January 2009 | The Wedding Game | |
| 18 March 2010 | Kidnapper | |
| 27 January 2011 | It's A Great Great World | |
| 19 January 2012 | Dance Dance Dragon |
- 2007 The Tattooist
- 2007 The Home Song Stories
- 2007 881
- 2007 Protégé (Co-produced with Artforce International)
- 2007 One Last Dance (茶舞)
- 2006 I Not Stupid Too
- 2005 The Maid
- 2005 I Do, I Do
- 2004 The Best Bet
- 2004 The Eye 2 (Co-produced with Applause Pictures)
- 2003 Infernal Affairs II (Co-produced with Media Asia)
- 2003 Turn Left, Turn Right (Co-produced with Warner Bros. Asia)
- 2003 Homerun
- 2002 The Eye (Co-produced with Applause Pictures) (见鬼)
- 2002 I Not Stupid
- 2001 One Leg Kicking
- 2001 The Tree
- 2000 Chicken Rice War
- 2000 2000 AD (Co-produced with Millenium Films for United States)
- 1999 The Truth About Jane and Sam (Co-produced with Film Unlimited)
- 11 February 1999 Liang Po Po: The Movie
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Tong, Kelvin (8 August 1998). "Got a story? Climb on-board Raintree". The Straits Times . p. 3. Retrieved 2 February 2024 – via NewspaperSG.