Late 1990s successes Cinema of Singapore

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1999 marked watershed singapore films. raintree pictures, filmmaking subsidiary of mediacorp productions, started. raintree pictures invested in 2 regional co-productions, liang po po , truth jane , sam, starred singaporean television lead actress fann wong taiwanese singer peter ho , hong kong director derek yee. raintree pictures finance number of local , hong kong productions in years come, , producer company of films of jack neo. subsequent productions, such 2000 ad (2000) , tree (2001), drew on hong kong star power; company invested in critically acclaimed regional films such eye (2002) , infernal affairs ii (2003). raintree pictures produced 2 english-language local productions, chicken rice war (2000) , 1 leg kicking (2001).


with financing of local production company , setting of organisations such singapore film commission (sfc, set in 1998), budding filmmakers, independent ones, found easier make movies on subsidies , loaned funding. advent of digital video meant novice filmmakers experiment cheaper alternatives. features stories love (2000) , return pontianak (2001) both shot on digital videos, though not commercial successes.







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