Homerun (film)

Homerun
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jack Neo
Written by	Jack Neo
Produced by	Titus Ho Chan Pui Yin
Starring	Shawn Lee Megan Zheng Xiang Yun Huang Wenyong
Cinematography	Kane Chen
Edited by	Lawrence Ang
Music by	Li Yi Redwan Ali
Production company	Mediacorp Raintree Pictures
Release date	7 August 2003 (2003-08-07)
Running time	108 minutes
Country	Singapore
Language	Mandarin
Box office	2,300,000 SGD

Homerun (Chinese: 跑吧孩子; pinyin: pǎo bà háizǐ) is a 2003 Singaporean Mandarin-language satirical period film. A remake of the award-winning Iranian film Children of Heaven, it is a film about two poor siblings and their adventures over a lost pair of shoes. Set in 1965, the year Singapore separated from Malaysia, and satirises the political relations between the two countries, leading to its banning in Malaysia.

The film was written and directed by Singaporean filmmaker Jack Neo, and produced by Mediacorp Raintree Pictures. It stars Shawn Lee, Megan Zheng, Xiang Yun and Huang Wenyong. Filming took place in the rural outskirts of Kuala Lumpur during November and December 2002, but post-production delays pushed back the film's release date.

Released in cinemas on 7 August 2003, the film grossed over S$2.3 million during its nine-week box office run. It was nominated for two awards at the 2003 Golden Horse Awards; Zheng, then 10 years old, became the first Singaporean to win a Golden Horse. Generally, however, critical reception of the film was mixed.