A young film-maker from Brinscall is to have one of his films shown at a major national film festival, for the second time.

Charlie Leek, 17, of Windsor Drive, will show his film, Dad, at the Co-operative Young Film-makers Festival in Bradford next month.

But it is not the first time that Charlie, who is studying film studies and media studies at Runshaw College, has been at the festival, which takes place at the National Media Museum on October 12 and 13.

A previous work, Loss, had its premiere at the same festival two years ago.

Charlie, who rates David Lynch and Darren Aronofsky among his influences, said: “I had a film at the festival when I was 15 but I am still really delighted that Dad was chosen from so many entries.

“I never expect very much to come from the films but it is exciting being at the festival because it’s very prestigious.”

His latest short film which stars Charlie’s 13-year-old brother Harry, is about the loss of a loved one seen through the eyes of a son.

But while audiences are led to believe that the person in question is the father, they are left with a twist at the end.

Charlie, a former St Michael's CE High School pupil, said: “I come up with ideas all the time and this was just one of them.

"I think it is better to get lost in my mind at times and see what comes out at the other end.

"This film is meant to make the audience think that the son is talking about his dad but when it gets to the end, it turns out that the son is the one who actually died.

“It’s kind of an anti-smoking film and I thought it would be an interesting one to make.

“Loss was my reaction to all the suicide films that student film-makers tend to make so this was something a bit different.”

And Charlie isn’t the only talented one in the family.

His father Ronnie does voiceovers for radio adverts and his mother Jayne has read on the popular TV show What The Papers Say.

Charlie also has two sisters Lizzie, eight, and Maisie, five.

He said: “We are all kind of in on the media which is great.”