Tomorrow (2019 film)

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Tomorrow
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Official poster for TV release
টুমরো
Genre Drama
Screenplay byAhmed Khan Hirok
Nasimul Hasan
Story byKazi Zahin Hasan
Kazi Zeeshan Hasan
Directed byMohammad Shihab Uddin
Voices of See below
Country of origin Bangladesh
Original languageBengali
Production
ProducersKazi Zahin Hasan
Kazi Zeeshan Hasan
CinematographyAdnan Al Sazzad
Mohammad Shihab Uddin
EditorMohammad Shihab Uddin
Running time25 minutes
Production companies Kazi Media Limited
Cycore Studios (animation services)
Budget10 million Taka
Original release
Network Deepto TV
Release29 November 2019 (2019-11-29)

Tomorrow is a 2019 Bangladeshi animated short film directed by Mohammad Shihab Uddin [1] which was released in 2019 on Deepto TV. [2] The film is produced by Kazi Zahin Hasan and Kazi Zeeshan Hasan for Kazi Media Limited while Cycore Studios provided the animation and production services for the film. [3] The main purpose of the film is to explain the climate change crisis to children. [4] It won the best animation film award at Cannes world film festival for the month of August, 2021. [5]

Contents

Plot

A young boy named Ratul in Bangladesh, is magically shown two very different visions of the future. In the first scenario, Bangladesh has been inundated by rising sea levels, causing great suffering. In the second scenario, fossil fuels have been replaced by renewable energy and Bangladesh is prosperous.

The film explains that burning fossil fuels causes climate change, and that the climate crisis can be solved by taxing fossil fuels so that fossil fuels are replaced with renewable energy and nuclear power.

Voice cast

The character was inspired by the ghosts of A Christmas Carol

(Voice over: Mohammad Bari)

Release

The short film originally released on Deepto TV, a Bangladeshi satellite television in 29 November 2019. [6] [7] After about one month, it was officially released on YouTube. [8]

Reception

Bill Mckibben, founder of 350.org, tweeted positively about the film. [9]

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