A 14-YEAR-old girl from East Lancashire has won a global accolade for a short film about her faith.

Amna Aslam, a pupil at Hollins Technology College, Accrington, won the Action category at the Tony Blair Faith Foundation’s Faith Shorts film awards.

The teenager was one of three winners on the night – with the two others travelling from the Philippines and Canada to collect their prizes at Bafta in Piccadilly, London.

The Accrington school pupil impressed judges when she produced her film ‘Muhammad in Accrington Inspiring Me’.

The Tony Blair Foundation launched a competition for 14 to 18-year-olds to show how their faith inspires them.

In the film the Amna challenges the views of Islam by documenting the way Prophet Muhammad motivates students at the Accrington school in their everyday lives.

Amna and students at the school saw the film competition as an opportunity to challenge some of the stereotypes about Islam and its associations with terrorism.

It was filmed during RE and citizenship lessons and Amna’s whole class were involved in the production Her winning film was premiered at the British Academy of Film and Television Art in front of more than 200 guests.

Amna received her award from Mr Blair and comedienne Dawn French and the students also saw a surprise video link on the night from boxer Amir Khan congratulating them on their success.

Amna said: "I am so pleased that people like our film, we had a lot of fun making it.

"It is a real honour for me to collect this award and I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped in the planning and filming.

“The process has helped me to discover more about my faith. I really valued the opportunity to show how proud I am of my religion.”

Tony Blair, patron and founder of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation, said: “It is a great film which challenges some of the preconceived ideas about Muslims and Islam.

“All of the students from Hollins Technology College should be very proud of their achievement.”