Short Back & Sides

Freek is a socially awkward young man who has cut himself off from the world. He hides behind cynicism and a quiet rage, inherited from his emotionally unstable father. After a major fallout with his best friend, he ends up in a warm, welcoming hair salon – far outside his comfort zone – where Fernanda, a vivacious hairdresser with her own scars, recognises something in him and draws him out of his hard shell. She begins to challenge him to see himself and the people around him differently. When he wants to turn away from everything and everyone again, he realises he is turning into the man he never wanted to be. Will Freek take Fernanda’s hand and make the terrifying leap out of isolation?