The Un Certain Regard section of this year's Cannes Film Festival will include two films from India - the Punjabi language Chauthi Koot and Maasan, directed by first-timer Neeraj Ghaywan and starring Richa Chadda and Sanjay Mishra.
The line-up of films was announced today by festival director Thierry Fremaux who also said that the eye on India would focus on 'new gen' films rather than offerings from Bollywood or Bengali cinema.
A tweet on the @Festival_Cannes Twitter handle read:
A thrilled Neeraj Ghaywan promptly retweeted the post:
Richa Chadda, whose second film it is at Cannes after Gangs Of Wasseypur, tweeted:
National Award-winning director Gurvinder Singh's Chauthi Koot is based on writer Waryam Singh Sandhu's collection of short stories of the same name and is set in militancy-era Punjab. Shot in Amritsar and Ferozepur, the film does not feature any professional actors. Suvinder Pal Vicky, Rajbir Kaur, Kanwaljeet Singh and Gurpreet Bhang have played important parts. Gurvinder Singh previously directed the acclaimed Anhey Ghorey Da Daan.
Asif Kapadia's documentary on Amy Winehouse will get a midnight screening. French director Jacques Audiard's Dheepan, which tells the story of Tamil refugees in Paris, is competing for the prestigious Palme d'Or.
The Cannes festival will be held from May 13 to 24 this year.
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