How close is too close?
Shot with a miniature surveillance camera, entirely in first-person, Haircut is a search for connection in the most surprising of circumstances. John gets more than he bargains for during a routine haircut. He goes on a provocative journey from the terrifying to the sublime.
Probably the most provocative of the entire festival, not because of sex but because of identity.”
– pursedlips.com
A Fantasy. A Voyage. A Crop.”— Hamburg Lesbian Gay Film Festival
…sexy as hell…probably the most erotic short in the festival”— Lodger, Filethirteen.com
a routine haircut becomes an exercise in trust”— Austin Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Bryan Jackson’s ‘Haircut’ turns a haircut into a heavy scene, with the recipient of the eponymous cut never seen.”— Bruce-Michael Gelbert, Fire Island Q News
A film about so much more than a haircut could ever be.”— Reel Pride, Fresno
This well crafted short should start with a variant on that old 50’s sci-fi warning… ‘Do not try to adjust your set. For the next 8 minutes the film maker will be in control.’”— IMDB.com
CREDITS
| Writer/Director | Bryan Jackson |
| Original Music | Eiji Yoshizawa |
CAST
| Eric Sebastian | John |
| James Kyson Lee | Joe the Barber #1 |
| Danny Chung | Joe the Barber #2 |
| Rollence Patugan | Joe the Barber #3 |
| Eric Dean | Joe the Barber #4 |
CREW
| Sound Design | Gavin Haag |
| 1st Assistant Director | Sunny Basham |
| Key Grip | Danny Walker |
| 2nd Unit Camera | John Southern |
| Production Assistants | B. Ahn |
| Kaidy Kuna | |
| Graphic Design | Michael Hofeldt |
| Howard Chang | |
| Press | Carole Ann Klonarides |
| Mimi Zeiger | |
| Michaela Goldhaber |
Screenings
2014
CineKink: CHI, Leather Archives & Museum, Chicago, Illinois “Decade of Decadence” — October 5
CineKink PDX, The Clinton Street Theater, Portland, Oregon “Decade of Decadence” — August 6
2010
Echo Park Film Center, CineKink: Los Angeles — October 8
2007
Inside Out: Toronto Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival — May 20
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibits, “Lust for Lace” — February 17
2006
Flaming Film Festival, “Twisted Knickers” Minneapolis — May 26
Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Florida “Gay La Mode” — April 30
CinemAsia, Amsterdam, The Netherlands — April 7
2005
Hong Kong Lesbian & Gay Film and Video Festival — November 17-27
LesGaiCineMad: Madrid International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival — November 3, 11
Pride International Film Festival, Manila, Phillipines — October
Silver Lake Film Festival, Los Angeles — September 18
Lisbon Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Portugal — September 16,18
Anthology Film Archive, New York City “CineKink Best” — July 9
NewFest: New York Gay & Lesbian Film Festival — June 12
Reel Identities: New Orleans LGBT Film Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana — June 11
Out Takes Wellington: Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, New Zealand — June 6-12
Out Takes Auckland: Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, New Zealand — May 26-June 2
London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, British Film Institute Southbank “Body Matters” — April 9
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco “Ravished” — March 25
Sydney Mardi Gras Film Festival “International Boys Shorts Program” — March 1
ArtLust: Fundraiser for artUS magazine, The Space, Los Angeles “SoCal Video Artists” — February 26
2004
Q! Film Festival: Jakarta Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Indonesia — December 13-19
Roze Filmdagen/Pink Filmdays Amsterdam, “On The Edge” — December 19
Verzaubert Berlin: International Queer Film Festival, “International Short Film” — December 3
Verzaubert Cologne: International Queer Film Festival, “International Short Film” — November 30, Dec 1
Verzaubert Frankfurt: International Queer Film Festival, “International Short Film” — November 25, 28
Verzaubert Munich: International Queer Film Festival, “International Short Film” — November 18, 21
Reeling: The Chicago Lesbian & Gay International Film Festival, “Kinky in Pink” — November 7
Cinekink: New York City, Anthology Film Archives — October 23
Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, Screened with Todd Verow’s “Anonymous” — October 17
Lesbich Schwule Filmtage Hamburg, Germany “International Short Film” — October 13
Queer Film Bremen, Kino 46, Germany, “Colorful International Shorts” — October 12
Fresno REEL Pride, Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, Tower Theatre, “Big Boiz Shorts” — September 18
Fire Island Film Festival, Long Island Gay & Lesbian Film Festival — September 16
Indianapolis LGBT Film Festival, Key Cinemas — September 11
Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival, “Meeting Mr. Right” — August 29
IndyOutties: Kansas City Gay & Lesbian Film + Video Festival, “Opening Night” — August 25
Barcelona International Gay & Lesbian Film Exhibition, Centre Cultura Contemporània — July 3
Honolulu Rainbow Film Festival, “Boyz Shorts,” Doris Duke Theater, Academy of Art — May 29