Matti Onnismaa

Newly weds Ahmed and Shama are still learning the intricacies of a married life when Shama's sister Uzma and Ahmed's friend Rajab intervene posing as relationship experts. Soon it becomes clear that something is not right. A newly-wed couple, Ahmed and Shama are still learning the intricacies of a married life when Rajab and Uzma intervene. Shama's sister, Uzma and Ahmed's friend, Rajab pretend to be experts and try to control the lives of Ahmed and Shama. This is a recipe for disaster as no relationship can fit one equation. Will this intervention bring Ahmed and Shama close or push them apart even further?

In Helsinki, a lonely night watchman is caught up in a series of misadventures with a femme fatale and a crooked businessman. Koistinen is a sad sack, a man without affect or friends. He's a night-watchman in Helsinki with ideas of starting his own business, but nothing to go with those intentions. He sometimes talks a bit with a woman who runs a snack trailer near his work. Out of the blue, a young sophisticated blonde woman attaches herself to Koistinen. He thinks of her as his girlfriend, he takes her on her rounds. She's in league with a crook who's planning a jewel robbery, and Koistinen is their patsy. Will he ever wise up? —<jhailey@hotmail.com>

The recession hits a couple in Helsinki. Tram driver Lauri loses his job. Shortly later, the restaurant where his wife Ilona works as a head waitress is closed. Too proud to receive money from the social welfare system, they strive to find new jobs. But they are completely unlucky and clumsy, one disaster is followed by the next. —Frank Wallner <wallnerf@informatik.tu-muenchen.de>