National award winning director Gurvinder Singh`s Punjabi film 'Chauthi Koot' (The fourth Direction) has been selected for the prestigious Un Certain Regard` section at Cannes Film Festival.

An Indo-French co-production between Sunil Doshi, Catherine Dussard, Kartikeya Narayan Singh and supported by the NFDC, the film is based on Warvan Singh Sandhu`s collection of short stories of same name.

Co-producer Sunil Doshi says, "This film is a tribute to Mani Kaul." The film delves into the fears of a community following Indira Gandhi`s assassination in 1984, the unspeakable brutalities it unleashed and the resistance movement it spawned. Shot in Amritsar and Ferozepur, the film does not feature any professional actors. The film`s score has been composed by French musician Marc Marder.

Gurvinder Singh had earlier bagged three National awards for his debut film, Annhey Ghorrey Da Daan (Alms for a Blind Horse), which was also the first Punjabi film to be showcased at the Venice Film Festival.