Dear Tomorrow

Kaspar Astrup Schröder

In Japan, loneliness has turned into a national crisis, encouraging the government to create a Ministry of Loneliness. Dear Tomorrow follows two individuals – Masato, and Shoko – struggling with isolation. Aware of their need for human connection, they embark on a journey toward healing and renewal. With the help of a volunteer chat service, compassionate connections, government initiatives and even pet owls, they attempt to reclaim their lives from this very contemporary affliction. This is a film you feel deep in your heart – not least when the light finally breaks through and they gently make the human contact they have been missing. The film about the universal need for contact and presence.

Denmark, Sweden, Japan 2025, '82

DIRECTOR: Kaspar Astrup Schröder

CAMERA: Kaspar Astrup Schröder

MONTAGE: Laura Skïold Østerud, Kaspar Astrup Schröder

MUSIC: Jon Ekstrand

PRODUCERS: Maria Helga Stürup, Katrine A. Sahlstrøm

PRODUCTION: Good Company Pictures, Momento Film, Moolin Productions

FESTIVALS & AWARDS:

SXSW
CPH: DOX
Visions du Réel
Goteborg FF
DMZ IDFF
Biografilm F

Kaspar Astrup Schröder

Kaspar Astrup Schröder is a self-taught film director born on the outskirts of Copenhagen, Denmark in 1979. Kaspar has worked as an international artist, graphic designer, furniture designer, and film editor of numerous short films and documentaries, before he directed his first feature-length documentary, The Invention of Dr. NakaMats, in 2009. Since then, Kaspar has written and directed more than 10 documentary films ranging from children’s stories to socially realistic stories from places that are rarely portrayed in documentaries. Kasper’s films have been selected for more than 50 international film festivals and have won numerous awards and nominations in most international territories.