The opening film La French (original title) is about a French police magistrate who spends years trying to take down one of the country’s most powerful drug rings.

After he is threatened during a confession, a good-natured priest must battle the dark forces closing in around him.

Mr Hublot is a withdrawn, idiosyncratic character with OCD, scared of change and the outside world. Robot Pet’s arrival turns his life upside down: he has to share his home with this very invasive companion (short film).

This year’s Oscar winner for Best Foreign Film, Ida features sumptuous black and white cinematography with old-school composition, and is about Anna, a young novitiate nun in 1960s Poland. She’s on the verge of taking her vows when she discovers a dark family secret dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation.

Two soldiers return home to Edinburgh to resume their romantic and family lives.

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Fun fact: The EUFF is the longest running foreign film festival in Singapore, and the second oldest film festival in Singapore.