Baldies – What About My Hair?

Baldies – What About My Hair? is an animated short about a fearless group of kids battling cancer who meet in hospital and turn their fight into an adventure. Using imagination, humour, and gentle metaphors, the film shows that a kid with cancer is still a kid – ready to laugh, play, and prove that being bald is cool.

Czech multimedia artist Eliška Soffer Podzimek uses humour, technical skill and distinctive design to build an international career as an animator, illustrator and digital creator. Combining live-action, video and hand-drawn animation, she has made award-winning films, music videos and campaigns for brands like Vogue and Jamie Oliver. Now back in Prague, her experience as a teenage cancer survivor inspired the “Baldies” project supporting sick kids.