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Dear Tomorrow

Director

Kaspar Astrup Schröder

Producers

Maria Helga Stürup, Katrine A. Sahlstrøm

Editors

Laura Skiöld Østerud, Kaspar Astrup Schröder

Consulting Editor

Co-Editor

Assistant Editor

Cinematographer

Kaspar Astrup Schröder

Additional Cinematography

Music

Jon Ekstrand

Sound

Narration

Contact

In Tokyo, the endless trains of Japan Railways carry their daily cargo of workers, each one absorbed in a smartphone or lost in thought. Alone amid the crowd, many Japanese are suffering from a silent epidemic: loneliness. An estimated 40% of the population reports feeling lonely— a major public health concern that has led the government to establish a Ministry of Loneliness and Social Isolation.

Dear Tomorrow invites us into the lives of two individuals for whom solitude has grown so overwhelming that the path back to human connection feels all but lost. Each begins their journey toward reconnection by reaching out to an online chat service, where volunteers offer comfort and practical support to thousands in distress. In a society bound by strict norms, where endurance is a deeply held virtue, each person must chart their own course back to trust and belonging— whether through adopting a pet owl or joining a support group within their religious community.

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Kaspar Astrup Schröder

Director, Dear Tomorrow

Kaspar Astrup Schröder a self-taught film director and multidisciplinary artist. Besides filmmaking, Kaspar works as a graphic designer, painter, musician, designs furniture, and has been a video editor on a range of different projects, such as short movies, fiction, and documentaries. In 2009 Kaspar debuted as a director with his first long documentary film, The invention of Dr. NakaMats.
Since then, he has written and directed numerous documentary films and TV series that range from the fates of children to social realist stories in places rarely portrayed in documentaries. Kaspar’s films have been selected at more than 50 international film festivals and have won several awards and nominations at both Danish and international festivals. In 2014, Kaspar co-founded Good Company Pictures, where he directs creative and character-driven documentaries and series.

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