12pm / World Shorts 7 / 86 mins / Screen 6

Tennis, Oranges
Sean Pecknold / United States / 2024 / 10 mins
A robotic vacuum suffering from burnout quits its job at a hospital and sets out to find community and a greater purpose on a quiet street where two lonely rabbits are stuck in perpetual loops.

Swallowing Dust
Achille Bocquier / France / 2024 / 16 mins
A young man drives aimlessly searching for someone to spend the night with, carrying with him the fires and smoke of past summers. But he is not alone; from his bedroom window, he can see a tree, the only witness to his wandering.

The Great Tree Piece
Claudia Larcher / Austria / 2023 / 10 mins
What makes a tree a tree? What form can an encounter with it take? And what does the tree itself have to do with what we see? The film consists of a single tracking shot from the crown of a tree to the underground.

Project Dad
Camilla Stefanie Jämting / Norway / 2024 / 27 mins
Camilla's dad is a pick-up artist who teaches other men how to succeed on Tinder, and who seeks self-development through ice-cold topless walks inspired by Wim Hof. Camilla is an artist and a feminist, and there's not much she and her father agree on. How can they maintain a strong bond?

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Basil da Cunha / Switzerland, Portugal / 2024 / 24 mins
After a violent police raid in a poor clandestine neighbourhood in Lisbon, a 7-year-old girl seeks to find her missing older brother. At the same time, a young newly released ex-convict tries to start anew, free from a life of crime. The fate of these two will cross in the worst way.