Film Picks: European Union Film Festival, Tehran Taboo and Hellboy

Hellboy will be released in Singapore uncut with an M18 rating and in a PG13 version suitable for younger viewers. PHOTO: ENCORE FILMS
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The 29th edition of the festival will showcase 27 films from across Europe, in most genres. The Romanian drama, Beside Me, will open the festival.

Beside Me (2018, 84 minutes, rating TBC) is director Tedy Necula's feature debut, and details the connections made between a group of strangers when their subway car breaks down for two hours, locking them inside.

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