Singapore Dreaming

Singapore Dreaming
Singapore Dreaming Promotional Poster
Simplified	美满人生
Mandarin	Měimǎn Rénshēng
Directed by	Woo Yen Yen Colin Goh
Produced by	Woo Yen Yen Colin Goh Woffles Wu
Written by	Woo Yen Yen Colin Goh
Starring	Richard Low Alice Lim Serene Chen Yeo Yann Yann Lim Yu-Beng Dick Su
Music by	Sydney Tan
Cinematography	Martina Radwan
Edited by	Rachel Kittner
Release date	7 September 2006
Running time	105 min.
Country	Singapore
Language	English, Mandarin, Hokkien
Budget	S$800 000

Singapore Dreaming (simplified Chinese: 美满人生; traditional Chinese: 美滿人生; pinyin:  Měimǎn Rénshēng ) is a 2006 film set in Singapore. The film follows the Loh family, a typical Singaporean working-class family, through their aspirations for a better life and the harsh reality that makes it difficult for them to fulfill these aspirations. The film is inspired by a 2000 essay, Paved with Good Intentions, that the writers of the film had written for the Singapore International Foundation. A concatenation of e-mails Singaporeans sent to writers Colin Goh and Woo Yen Yen on their life stories in relation to the Singaporean dream eventually led them to write, produce and direct Singapore Dreaming. The film stars Richard Low as Poh Huat, Alice Lim as Siew Luan, Serene Chen as Irene, Yeo Yann Yann as Mei, Lim Yu-Beng as CK and Dick Su as Seng.

The film was theatrically released on 7 September 2006, and at one time ranked fifth on the Singapore box office. It won the Montblanc New Screenwriters Award at the 54th San Sebastián International Film Festival, and was the first Singaporean film to receive an IFFPA-recognised international feature film award. Owing to its nature as a Singapore-produced film, Singapore Dreaming received much attention from local viewers, film critics and public figures alike. It has received great praise from some local critics and public figures, most notably from S.R. Nathan, the President of Singapore.