Mediacorp Raintree Pictures () was a film production company based in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

. The company, a division of Mediacorp Group, was established on 1 August 1998. It financed ''

The Truth About Jane and Sam ''The Truth About Jane and Sam'' ( Chinese: 真心話; Simplified Chinese: 真心话) is a 1999 Hong Kong film co-produced by Hong Kong's Film Unlimited and Singapore's Raintree Pictures. Directed by Hong Kong director Derek Yee, the movie st ...

'', produced by Hong Kong's Film Unlimited and directed by

Derek Yee Derek Yee Tung-sing () is a Hong Kong filmmaker and former actor. Early life Yee was born Yee Tung-sing in Hong Kong on 28 December 1957, the son of Yee Kwong (), a film producer from Tianjin, Tientsin (Tianjin), and Hung Wei (), an actress of ...

. This film garnered a Best New Performer nomination at the 19th

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for its lead actress,

Fann Wong Fann Woon Fong (born 27 January 1971), known professionally as Fann Wong, is a Singaporean actress, singer, businesswoman and model. She has been referred to as one of MediaCorp's ''Ah Jie'' for being one of the most successful actresses from Sing ...

from Singapore. The company closed down in 2012.

History

Incorporated on 22 July and established on 1 August 1998, Raintree Pictures was

Television Corporation of Singapore Mediacorp Pte. Ltd. is the state media, state-owned media conglomerate of Singapore. Owned by Temasek Holdings—the investment arm of the Government of Singapore—it owns and operates television channels, radio, and digital media properties. ...

's (TCS) subsidiary to produce films. Its first

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, Daniel Yun, was vice president of Productions 5 at TCS, Channel 5's production unit. Since then, Raintree Pictures has co-produced many films with other countries, including '' The Eye'', '' The Eye 2'' and ''

Infernal Affairs II ''Infernal Affairs II'' is a 2003 Hong Kong crime drama film directed by Andrew Lau and Alan Mak. It is a prequel to the 2002 film ''Infernal Affairs''. Anthony Wong, Eric Tsang, Edison Chen, Shawn Yue and Chapman To reprise their roles fr ...

''. Many of its films have won awards, such as the Golden Horse Awards from

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, where child actress

Megan Zheng Megan Zheng (also known as Megan Tay, ) is a Singaporean actress who starred in the Singaporean movies: '' Homerun'' and '' One More Chance''. For her role in ''Homerun'', Zheng, then 10 years old, became the first Singaporean to win a Gold ...

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 ''Money No Enough'' () is a 1998 Singaporean comedy film written by Jack Neo, directed by Tay Teck Lock, and produced by JSP films. The movie stars Neo, Mark Lee and Henry Thia as three close and best friends who start a car polishing business ...

'', 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 ''I Not Stupid'' () is a 2002 Singaporean comedy film about the lives, struggles and adventures of three Primary 6 pupils who are placed in the academically inferior EM3 stream. Written and directed by Jack Neo, and produced by Mediacorp Raint ...

'' held the top position at the weekend box office chart in

. It was later released in other countries such as

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

, Hong Kong and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

Films

References

External links

Official websiteMediacorp website
{{Authority control 1998 establishments in Singapore Mediacorp Film production companies of Singapore Mass media companies established in 1998 2012 disestablishments in Singapore Mass media companies disestablished in 2012