 The film thus has the added honour of being the first Singaporean film to receive an award at an IFFPA-recognised international feature film festival.On 28 October 2007, "Singapore Dreaming" snagged the Best Asian/Middle-Eastern Film Award at the 20th Tokyo International Film Festival, and is the first Singapore feature to win this award.As of 2 October 2006, three-and-a-half weeks after its local commercial release, "Singapore Dreaming" grossed S$420 000 from the local box office.