Borrowed Tomorrow
Short Film
Manchester 48 Hour Film Project 2026
- Prod Co: Phoenix Films
- Dir: Christopher Heyworth-Hill
- Role: Producer
Technical
- Camera: Blackmagic URSA Mini Pro G2
- Lens: Samyang Primes
Synopsis
Kane and Lexi’s infant son, Jack, is dying from a devastating new virus sweeping across the globe, a disease that proves fatal in 98% of cases. While scientists race to develop a cure, progress is painfully slow, and time is running out for Jack.
Desperate to save their child, Kane and Lexi turn to an experimental and dangerous solution, travelling through mysterious time portals to steal medicine from the future. But, with their supply of the rare portal liquid, the substance required to survive time travel, rapidly running out, every jump could be their last.
As they search for the correct portal before it’s too late, the couple ignore a terrifying universal law: if you take from the future, the future will take from the past.
The timeline always takes back.
Credits
Starring:
Christopher Heyworth-Hill
Michael Mendes Stafford
Sam Doughty
Kalina Mancheva
Bethany Murray
Crew:
Produced by: Ben Phoenix
Writen & Directed by: Christopher Heyworth-Hill
Director of Photography: Chris Armstrong
Editor: Josh Decruz
Post Sound: Madeleine Jones
Composer: Ichi’s Ghost
1st AD: Lui Bauer
Camera Operator: Will Sim
Gaffer: D.B Madden
Grip: Jamie Stewart
1st AC: M Eskandar
Sound: Sam Willis
Sound: Andrew Carswell
Make Up Artist: Amy Daisy Pinder
BTS: Angelica Ashbrook Heyworth
Runner: Megan Rosser