Sing to the Dawn

Sing to the Dawn 2009 Directed by Philip Mitchell 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.

Countries Indonesia , Singapore

Production Countries Indonesia , Singapore

Language Indonesian

Spoken Language Indonesian

Gneres Adventure , Animation , Comedy , Family , Music

Production Companies MediaCorp Raintree Pictures , Kalyana Shira Films , Media Development Authority (MDA) , Infinite Frameworks , Indika Pictures , Scorpio East Pictures

Budget $5,000,000

Revenue $180,173

Release Date 16 September 2009

93 mins