Sing to the Dawn

Sing to the Dawn (2009)

Meraih Mimpi

Dawan is a young village girl who harbours the dream of getting out of her village in the lure of the bright lights in the big city, and to do so, has to fight customs and tradition that girls are meant to be bethroned away early at a young age to someone they loathe, and schools for them are an unnecessary part of life. In order to fulfill her dream, she has to go against the wishes of her dad, as well as irk her brother as she out-scores him in a local examination to clinch a scholarship. Also, their village is under threat of an unscrupulous landlord trying to bulldoze his way into profits by driving everyone out of his land.

Date of release
2009-09-16
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Music
Director
Philip Mitchell

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Filmed in: Indonesia

Sing to the Dawn is a 2008 Singaporean animated musical drama film. The film was produced by Infinite Frameworks, a Batam-based animation studio, Mediacorp Raintree Pictures, Media Development Authority and Scorpio East Pictures. It is loosely adapted from the short story by Minfong Ho that was first published in 1975.

Production

Sing to the Dawn was co-produced by MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, Singapore's Media Development Authority and Infinite Frameworks (IFW), an animation studio based in Batam, Indonesia. The film was an adaptation of a short story by Minfong Ho at the request of the Singapore government.

Production was done in Batam over three years with a budget of US$5 million. The film was referred to as "the film work of the nation" by IFW, because out of the 150 animators in the studio, almost all were Indonesian except for five expatriates. The total number of expatriates involved is only 10. Many animators from Yogyakarta, London, and Solo were recruited for the production of this film.

Sing to the Dawn was the second 3D animated film produced in Indonesia after Homeland (2004).

After the English version of the film was completed in 2008, it was distributed to various countries.

Localisation of Sing to the Dawn to an Indonesian version was completed in 2009 under the title Meraih Mimpi (Dream On). Nia Dinata was hired to assist in the localization of the film. Erwin Gutawa, the film's composer, wrote new music for the film. In addition to language, the story was overhauled.

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