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{{Short description|Singaporean film production company}}
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'''Mediacorp Raintree Pictures''' ({{zh|t=星霖電影|s=星霖电影|p=Xīnglín Diànyǐng}}) was a film production company based in [[Singapore]]. The company, a division of [[Mediacorp|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.
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Incorporated on 22 July and established on 1 August 1998, Raintree Pictures was [[Television Corporation of Singapore]]'s (TCS) subsidiary to produce films.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |last=Tong |first=Kelvin |date=8 August 1998 |title=Got a story? Climb on-board Raintree |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19980808-1.2.100.3.3 |access-date=2 February 2024 |work=[[The Straits Times]] |pages=3 |via=[[NewspaperSG]]}}</ref> Its first [[chief executive officer]], Daniel Yun, was vice president of Productions 5 at TCS, Channel 5's production unit.<ref name=":0" />
Since then, Raintree Pictures has co-produced many films with other countries, including ''[[The Eye (2002 film)|The Eye]]'', ''[[The Eye 2]]'' and ''[[Infernal Affairs II]]''. Many of its films have won awards, such as the [[Golden Horse Award]]s from [[Republic of China|Taiwan]], where child actress [[Megan Zheng]] won the Best Newcomer Award for her performance in ''[[Homerun (film)|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 [[Cinema of Singapore|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==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%;"
! scope="col" style="width:130px;" |Release date
!Film
!Notes
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|11 February 1999
|''[[Liang Po Po: The Movie]]''
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|8 July 1999
|''[[The Truth About Jane and Sam]]''
|Co-production with Hong Kong's Film Unlimited
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|3 February 2000
|''[[2000 AD (film)|2000 AD]]''
|Co-production with Hong Kong's [[Media Asia Films]]
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|16 November 2000
|''[[Chicken Rice War]]''
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|7 February 2008
|''[[Ah Long Pte Ltd]]''
|Co-production with Malaysia
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|29 February 2008
|''[[The Leap Years]]''
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|14 August 2008
|''[[12 Lotus]]''
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|4 September 2008
|''[[Rule No. 1]]''
|Co-production with Hong Kong's [[Star China Media|Fortune Star]]
|-
|31 July 2008
|''[[Money No Enough 2]]''
|Co-production with Jack Neo
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|25 September 2008
|''[[Painted Skin (2008 film)|Painted Skin]]''
|Co-production with Hong Kong's [[Golden Sun Films]] and several Mainland China production companies
|-
|30 October 2008
|''[[Sing to the Dawn]]''
|Animated film; co-production with Indonesia's Infinite Frameworks
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|25 January 2009
|''[[The Wedding Game]]''
|Co-production with Malaysia
|-
|18 March 2010
|''[[Kidnapper (2010 film)|Kidnapper]]''
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|-
|27 January 2011
|''[[It's a Great, Great World|It's A Great Great World]]''
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|19 January 2012
|''[[Dance Dance Dragon]]''
|Last movie produced by the company
|}
#2007 ''[[The Tattooist]]''
#2007 ''[[The Home Song Stories]]''
#2007 ''[[881 (film)|881]]''
#2007 ''[[Protégé (film)|Protégé]]'' (Co-produced with Artforce International)
#2007 ''One Last Dance'' (茶舞)
#2006 ''[[I Not Stupid Too]]''
#2005 ''[[The Maid (2005 film)|The Maid]]''
#2005 ''[[I Do, I Do (film)|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 (film)|Homerun]]''
#2002 ''[[The Eye (2002 film)|The Eye]]'' (Co-produced with Applause Pictures) (见鬼)
#2002 ''[[I Not Stupid]]''
#2001 ''[[One Leg Kicking]]''
#2001 ''[[The Tree (2001 film)|The Tree]]''
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20061130033912/http://www.mediacorpraintree.com/ Official website]
*[http://www.mediacorp.sg Mediacorp website]
{{Mediacorp}}
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[[Category:Film production companies of Singapore]]
[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1998]]
[[Category:2012 disestablishments in Singapore]]
[[Category:Mass media companies disestablished in 2012]]
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