HAIRY
In a playfully biographical manner, Anka Schmid recounts her generation’s hairy stories. Whether as a body ornament, political statement or even in the soup, hair is omnipresent – even when shaven. With an ingenious fusion of real-life and archive footage as well as stop-motion technique, the animadoc explores body hair and discovers the tremendous potential of the body’s wispiest part in daily life and in art. A tingling feeling on the head is included.
Festivals
- Fantoche, Switzerland (2017) (World Premiere)
- International Competition Animated Documentary, DOK Leipzig, Germany (2017)
- CPH:DOX, Denmark (2018)
- IFF Innsbruck, Austria (2018)



Synopsis
In a playfully biographical manner, Anka Schmid recounts her generation’s hairy stories. Whether as a body ornament, political statement or even in the soup, hair is omnipresent – even when shaven. With an ingenious fusion of real-life and archive footage as well as stop-motion technique, the animadoc explores body hair and discovers the tremendous potential of the body’s wispiest part in daily life and in art. A tingling feeling on the head is included.
Festivals
- Fantoche, Switzerland (2017) (World Premiere)
- International Competition Animated Documentary, DOK Leipzig, Germany (2017)
- CPH:DOX, Denmark (2018)
- IFF Innsbruck, Austria (2018)