Barber Shop

Original Title: Barber Shop

6 x 26' | 2017 (Completed)

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Director:	Luc Vrydaghs
Producer:	Emmy Oost
Writer:	Luc Vrydaghs

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A documentary series in which six groups of people in transition share their stories via the microcosm of the local barbershop. We enter the shop at a crucial moment in time and leave after 26 minutes with a new look...

synopsis

We meet six populations in transition via the microcosm of the local barber shop: in Rio de Janeiro, barber Pedro picks teenagers from the street to teach them a profession. The inhabitants of Clacton-on-Sea reflect on post-Brexit society. In South Africa, post-Mandela, the white middle class is descending into poverty. Detroit's young and old residents, each in their own way, have learned to overcome the city's bankruptcy. The Sahrawi refugees, meanwhile, question the fight for their land. In India, hairdresser Soniya helps her clients to fight for women's rights. Barber Shop measures the state of our world, offering dialogue and human resilience as a hopeful perspective for the future.
Vanuit een kapsalon stelt Barber Shop zes verschillende culturen in transitie voor: in Rio de Janeiro haalt Pedro tieners van straat om het vakmanschap van het knippen door te geven. De inwoners van Clacton-on-Sea reflecteren over hun nieuwe toekomst na de Brexit. In Zuid-Afrika verglijdt de blanke middenklasse in armoede. In Detroit weten oud en jong op hun eigen manier het faillissement van hun stad te overwinnen. De Sahrawi vluchtelingen in Algerije bevragen de strijd om hun land. De Indiase kapster Sonia helpt haar klanten op te komen voor vrouwenrechten.
Een volk bevindt zich telkens in transitie en daarbij speelt de kapper zijn rol - als biechtvader, als opiniemaker, als verhalenverzamelaar, als barometer van een maatschappij. Door in zes afleveringen, op cruciale momenten deze kappers binnen te stappen, meet Barber Shop de status van onze wereld op en stelt dialoog en menselijke veerkracht als hoopvol toekomstperspectief.

Credits

Director
Luc Vrydaghs
Producer
Emmy Oost
Writer
Luc Vrydaghs
Editing
Dieter Diependaele
Photography
Alexander De Backer
Sound
Matthias Hillegeer
Music
Dominique Pauwels

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Creation details

Type
Series
Category
Doc
Production share
Majority Flemish Production
Belgium
Genre
Year of production

2017
Production status
Completed
Original title
Barber Shop
Original language
English, Hindi, Hassania, South African, Portuguese

Technical specs

Running time
6 x 26'
Available in
2D
Colour
Colour

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Contact

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Schuurstraat 39
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T +32 9 278 05 90
info@timescapes.be

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First Hand Films

Friedrichstrasse 123
DE-10117 Berlijn
Germany

T +49 30 28 52 90 88
info@firsthandfilms.com

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Festivals & awards

Festivals

2018: Encounters South African International Documentary Festival (SA); Human right film festival Barcelona (ES)
2017: Stockholm Independent Film Festival (SE); DocFest Maastricht (NL); Indian Cine Film Festival (IN); Dublin Doc Fest (IE)

Awards

2018 Best Documentary - Brazil Cinefest (BR)2017: Human Rights Shorts - Festival Del Cinema Dei Diritti Umani Di Napoli (IT); Best Documentary Short - International Short Film Festival Beveren (BE)

Partners

Supported by

Flanders Audiovisual Fund (VAF), VRT/CANVAS, ZDF/ARTE, BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance, Media Programme of the European Union, The Tax Shelter of the Belgian Federal Government, UR

Tax shelter

BNP Paribas Fortis Film Finance

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Barber Shop

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Credits

Director

Producer

Writer

Editing

Photography

Sound

Music

Format

Creation details

Type

Category

Production share

Genre

Year of production

Production status

Original title

Original language

Technical specs

Running time

Available in

Colour