Singapore’s First English Animation (or is it?)

So we’ve been bombarded by posters at bus stops and TV commercials and trailers in cinemas and repeated ads on the radio of the latest proudly true blue 100% got warranty Singaporean production, Sing to The Dawn, a 3D animation feature based on an award-winning children’s book. So Singaporeans should be really proud of this production, especially since the last two local animations flopped at the cinemas. (Legend Of The Sea and Zodiac: The Race Begins)

Or should they really? Let’s see who worked on this animation:

• The author of the original story is Minfong Ho, a Myanmar-born Chinese American,
• about a girl in Thailand.
• The movie is directed by Phil Mitchell, an Indonesian-based Canadian,
• with Indonesian animation crew,
• working in Infinite Framework Studios in Batam, Indonesia.
• The team also includes UK’s Stephen Read, who worked in Happy Feet.
• With Singaporean cast, backed by Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) and MediaCorp’s Raintree Pictures (Singapore).

So I consider it more of an international effort, rather than Singaporean. Or Southeast-Asian. Or maybe Singaporean-Indonesian. My evil nationalist twin would say it’s a truly Indonesian effort, with funding assistance from Singapore.