Director Lou Ye's latest film Spring Fever will compete for the coveted Palme d'Or prize at the 62nd Cannes film festival next month. The official selection of "in-competition" films for the prestigious French film festival was unveiled on Thursday.

Little is known about the film, but a Chinese-language website, Tom.com said it was shot in Nanjing and is a drama set in 2007 about romantic entanglements between three friends.

(Xinhua News Agency April 25, 2009)