Cutting It Short (also released as Shortcuts) (Czech: Postřižiny - literraly: First haircut) is a 1980 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel.

It is based on the novel Postřižiny by Czech writer Bohumil Hrabal.

[1] The film is an evocation of the childhood memories of Bohumil Hrabal in his provincial town of Nymburk, dominated by the local brewery.

The main actors of the film, uncle Pepin and Maryška, are based on real family members of Hrabal: Maryška on his mother and uncle Pepin on his real uncle, who came to stay two weeks in the town but remained for forty years.

His spontaneous stories influenced much of Hrabal's literary work.