Sing to the Dawn (Meraih Mimpi) |
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Directed by | Philip Mitchell |
Produced by |
Mike Wiluan Phil Mitchell Phillip Stamp Chan Pui Yin Nia Dinata |
Starring | Celine Rosa Tan Lim Kay Siu Andrew Lua Neo Swee Lin Jason Chan Denise Tan Jamie Meldrum |
Music by |
Tze Chin Toh Aghi Narottama Bemby Gusti Ramondo Gascaro |
Edited by | Phil Mitchell |
Production
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Infinite Frameworks Studios
Mediacorp Raintree Pictures Media Development Authority Scorpio East Pictures |
Distributed by |
Golden Village Entertainment Mediacorp Raintree Pictures Kalyana Shira Film |
Release date
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Running time
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93 minutes |
Country |
Singapore Indonesia |
Language | English Indonesian |
Budget | USD 5 million |
Sing to the Dawn or Meraih Mimpi is a 2008 3D computer-animated musical film. The film was produced by Infinite Frameworks (IFW), a studio animation-based Batam, Mediacorp Raintree Pictures, Media Development Authority and Scorpio East Pictures. It is loosely on the eponymous novel by Minfong Ho that was first published in 1975.
The film was released on 30 October 2008 in Singapore, then Korea, Malaysia and Russia. The film has also been screened in Pusan International Film Festival on South Korea and in Santa Monica, AS. A localized version was released on 16 September 2009.
Dana (Gita Gutawa) is a little girl who lives in a small village in Batam. She lives with little sister, Rai (Patton Latupeirissa), father its Somad (Uli Herdinansyah) and grandmother commonly called "Oma" (Jajang C. Noer).
Pairot (Surya Saputra) is an entrepreneur and cruel landlord who often uses fashion and a wig styled after Elvis Presley. Pairot assessed the villagers with an oppressive land tax. He claimed that the entire land of the village was his, after he told villagers that he has a document from King Ramelan, the former ruler of the village. The village is unaware that Pairot is planning to evict the villagers and destroy the village to build a city with hotels and casinos.
After learning about Pairot's evil plans, Dana, with the help of her sister struggled to save her beloved village. With help from Grandfather Wiwien (Jose Rizal Manua), Dana tries to find the King's original will.