Thiruvananthapuram: Beligian Film Archives has chosen eminent Malayalam film-maker Adoor Gopalakrishnan's latest work Nalu Pennungal , based on four stories of Jnanpith award winner Thakazhi Sivankara Pillai, as one of the 20 best films in the festival to be held in Brussels in July.

The film would compete for the prestigious L Age d Or (Golden Age) prize named after maestro director Luis Bunueul's mastperpiece in the 33rd edition of the festival, Adoor said here.

The selection to the global section of the festival is made "in view of the authenticity, peculiarity of purpose and novelty of treatment of the work," he said in a release.

The film featured in the event would be acquired by the Film Archives.