2026 Official Selection: Screenplay – Screenplay – Short Film

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His wife is gone. His hair is going. Her $100,000 life insurance can only buy back one of them, and it might include a trip to Turkey.

• Writer(s): Tommaso Di Blasi

Language: English

Country: Not Specified

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Dominic Russo only trusted his wife, Grace, to cut his hair. A year after she dies giving birth to their daughter, he’s balding fast, and nightmares of a veiled widow aren’t helping. When Grace’s $100,000 death benefit arrives, his dermatologist suggests a hair transplant in Turkey. Then a prank goes awry, and his half-blind neighbor Morris recommends a toupee. At Grace’s grave, an allergic reaction forces Dominic to face reality. He shaves his head clean.

Source: SOFF