Runtime: 85 min
Aspect Ratio: 1.78
Format: HD

Adelaida: Laura Osma
Lena: Maruia Shelton
Francisco: Francisco Zaldua
Aunt Elisa: Clara Monroy
Catalina: Catalina Cabra
Jéronimo: Francisco Restrepo
Antonio: Juan Miguel Santana
Pablo: Juan Pablo Cruz
Valeria: Valentina Gómez
Camila: Alejandra Adarve
Kala: Kala Cruz
Francisco’s client: Martha Eneried Gómez
Doctor: Carlos Lozada
Colleague at work: Liliana Posada Leaño
Classmates: Fabián Jimenez, Francesca Castelblanco

Writer/Director: Lina Rodriguez
Producers: Brad Deane & Lina Rodriguez
Line Producer: Jose Almeiro Rodriguez
Production Manager: Diana Cadavid
Assistant Director: Paulina Arango Benitez
Director of Photography: Alejandro Coronado
1^st Assistant Camera: Carlos Tarazona
2^nd Assistant Camera: David Leal
Art Director & Wardrobe Designer:
Iris Ocampo Maya
Sound Recordist: Camilo Martinez
Boom Operator: Juan Felipe Rayo
2^nd Boom Operator: Jhonan Cardona
Editors: Lina Rodriguez & Brad Deane
Sound Design: Roberta Ainstein
Dialogue editor: Julia Huberman
Sound mix: Jorge A. Gutiérrez Jiménez, Paquidermo Post
Music: Sexy Lucy & Marker Starling
Designer: Craig Caron
Translation: Alvaro Giron
Associate Producer: Santas Producciones

Bright and beautiful, 17-year-old Adelaida (Laura Osma) lives with her parents Lena (Maruia Shelton), an event planner, and Francisco (Francisco Zaldua), a sculptor and art teacher. Together, the trio enjoy a comfortable family life in an apartment in Bogotá, populated by the usual ups and downs. It’s just life as usual.

Soon, the cracks begin to show through the veneer of this picture perfect family. Given that Francisco isn’t as involved in the domestic details at home, most of the housekeeping and parenting duties fall onto the already overworked Lena. While strong and driven, she struggles to fulfill the role of the working mother. At the peak of her teen angst and facing her own identity crisis, Adelaida is constantly at odds with her mother: one minute she is sweet, caring, studious; the next, wildly tempestuous and defiant, staying out late to spend time with friends and flirt with boys.

Until tragedy strikes…

Shaken, the family confronts their biggest struggle yet. Desperate to hold on to the ties that bind them together, they must face the uncertainty that tomorrow brings.

Ever since I was a little girl, my father has always told me that “one shouldn’t worry too much about things, because they all pass, everything passes.” He’s right, to a certain extent: life passes us by, from the mundane details of the day to the great, dramatic moments of our lives. Like a rainstorm or a cloud crossing the sky, undeniably there’s a before, a during, and an after.

I made This Time Tomorrow out of the curiosity and fear that I have for impermanence. I’ve always felt split between my memories of what has passed, the ephemeral seconds that I’m experiencing right now and the dreams and possibilities that the future may bring.

As I looked for ways to illustrate the ache and beauty of the passage of time, I decided to design the film around a constant tension between presence and absence; what is and what has been, what we hear but don’t see. This approach led me to focus on one family, on the rhythms of their daily lives, before and after a tragic incident, as a way to create an intimate yet melancholic atmosphere that invites us to reflect on the fleeting nature of the world and remember that everything, including us, is just passing by.