Tainted Love

Our Day – Director: Jori Pirkkalainen · Finland · 17 min · Finnish (OmeU)

After several failed relationships, Rebekka seems to have found happiness with a younger man, Osku. At her goddaughter’s graduation party, she runs into a former co-worker and her son, Osku — an awkward situation. Gradually, she learns things about her boyfriend that she would rather not have known.

Back To One – Director: Maximilian Fürst · Austria · 8 min · German (OmeU)

A sparsely furnished clothing store. A young man and a young woman approach each other hesitantly. Could it be love? Except that the voice-over makes it sound more like a breakup. Thus, every glance, every gesture, seems ambivalent and ambiguous. Is any of this even real?

Love Only Works In Fiction, Please Don’t Try At Home! – Director: Magdalena Jacob · Germany · 12 min · German (OmeU)

It’s been three days since Kim the clown left Earth. During her mission in space, she intends to study the final stages of long-distance relationships — only to discover that the entire universe might in fact not be real.

Fireworks – Director: Eily Freid · Israel · 16 min · Hebrew (OmeU)

As Israel celebrates its Independence Day, a young couple tries to conceive a child. Reports of the ongoing conflagration in Gaza blare from the radio. Tension fills the air.

Crazy for You – Director: Greta Díaz Moreau · USA, Spain · 19 min · Spanish (OmeU)

Sixteen-year-old Alma watches the bullfighters warm up; she’s particularly taken with one of them. But just as they’re starting to grow closer, he suddenly rebuffs her. At least Alma still has the bull whom she considers a friend.