Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

"These days. This place isn’t what it used to be."  

Blurred memories, broken dreams and an endless grind: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow takes us into the world of work and the pressures of contemporary life.  

Guildhall School presents this annual series of short films curated by professional writers for the returning screen project. Throughout the spring term, the cohort transformed into a film production company, designing, constructing and performing in the School's largest cross-degree collaboration to date, bringing these compelling stories and curated series of films to life on screen.  

Short films included:  

Walking Shadows by Helen Iley  

Two cleaners begin their first – and final – shifts at a concert hall, where hopes, dreams and losses echo through the wings, the backstage corridors and the bags of nuts served in the interval.  

THE CLOPEN by Tatenda Shamiso  

Following a legendary ‘clopen’ – where a member of staff closes late at night and returns to open the next morning – the staff of a café-bar retrace the hijinks, conflicts and quiet catastrophes of the previous evening, all while trying to survive the morning shift.  

Dirtier Dishes by Helen Iley  

At an extravagant event, a bus boy observes the expectations and pressures of both the waiting staff below and the guests upstairs. An undercurrent of change begins to stir, yet the question remains whether any of them will truly act.  

SKIMMR by Tatenda Shamiso  

A Gen-Z trust fund baby and their loyal hype squad hold interviews for a new Customer Success Associate at their nonsense fintech startup. Will the candidates expose the grift, or drink the Kool-Aid and join the cult company?  

In addition to this live screening, the short films will also be available to be viewed online for a limited time. More information coming soon.