Dear Tomorrow

Like a hidden epidemic, loneliness is spreading through modern society. In a sensitive, quietly observed documentary, we encounter a Japan that has already grasped the gravity of its consequences.

Masato and Shoko struggle separately with profound loneliness and a recurring sense that life lacks meaning. Both live in Tokyo, where the absence of human connection has become so widespread that Japan has appointed a Minister for Loneliness and Social Isolation. Through an online chat service, Shoko finds the courage to reconnect with a childhood friend, while Masato’s situation deteriorates further when he loses his job. Existential questions surface in this intimate and moving portrait of two individuals searching for human connection in an always-connected world.

– Tobias Åkesson

DocBar: Alone Together

After the screening of the film on January 29, you are invited to a bar talk from 7:45–8:15 pm at Skeppets Restaurant. According to the Public Health Agency of Sweden, one in five Swedes feels lonely. Do we also need a Minister for Loneliness in Sweden? We take the temperature of loneliness together with the film’s director Kaspar Astrup Schröder, Gunnar Ledwon, priest in the Church of Sweden, and Christian Altenius, social entrepreneur and a driving force behind the network Stop Involuntary Loneliness. In collaboration with the Church of Sweden.

Link to DocBar: Ensamma tillsammans