Scarecrowber: Border

Tina (Eva Melander) is a customs inspector in remote Sweden with a preternatural ability to smell people’s emotions—especially fear. This makes her an expert at her job but also an outsider. Tina doesn’t know how she has developed her abilities and doesn’t seem to share them with anyone else. Her only moments of real joy and connection are her experiences with the wilderness—which offers itself in colorful abundance in the forest region where she lives. 

One day at work she meets Vore (Eero Milonoff), the first person she’s ever seen who looks like her. She recognizes Vore’s scent and discovers even more tantalizing similarities between them when doing a customs search. Their encounter allows Tina to question her body and her identity in new ways, leading to a moment of true elation when her real nature is revealed. —Megan McNelis