MUMBAI: he Anurag Kashyap co-produced film, Udaan, has been officially selected to feature in this year’s Cannes Film Festival in the ‘A Certain Regard‘ section.

The section will also have several other movies by renowned directors such as Manoel de Oliveira (Portugal), Sang-So Hong (South Korea), Hideo Nakata (Japan) and Lodge Kerrigan (USA).

The film is a coming of age story revolving around father-son relationship.The Sanjay Singh and Kashyap film, involving the directorial debut of Vikramaditya Motwane, stars Ronit Roy, Ram Kapoor, Rajat Barmecha and Ayan Boradia.

The last time an Indian film was part of the official selection was in 2003, when Murali Nair’s Malayalam film Arimpara was included in the Un Certain Regard section. The year before that, Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdas was screened in the out of competition section.

Noted director Shekhar Kapur will serve on the Competition jury headed by American director Tim Burton.