A POULTON teenager has made it through to the top ten in a country-wide competition to find the young film critic of the year.

But she'd rather be the one being criticised for her performances on screen than the one dishing it out from the stalls.

Hannah Dornford-May, aged 17, from Garstang Road East, has made it through to the last ten in a national competition to find the best young reviewer in the country, the results of which will be announced on Barry Norman's Film Show on Sky TV as part of National Schools Film Week.

Hannah, who is studying English, theatre studies and sociology at the Blackpool Sixth Form College took part in the competition after it was suggested that the students write a review of a film during the summer holidays.

"I do enjoy watching a wide range of films, especially horror, but I'm more interested in drama and so would rather be up on the screen," she said.

Hannah hopes to go to Manchester University to study drama when she completes her A-levels later this year. "I was really surprised when I got a message from college in August telling me I had been short listed," said Hannah. "It's not like I really want to be in journalism or a critic, I just did it."

Hannah wrote a review of the film Final Destination, which was in the cinemas at the time of the competition.. Her review had to be about a current film and 250 words long.

"I actually wrote it quite quickly," Hannah explained, "so I didn't really expect to hear anything more."

"The I had to make a video of myself reading out the review.

"I'll find out whether I have won or not around the middle of September, which is exciting, but it's also quite scary."

National Schools Film Week is a free film and education week in October with a diverse schedule of films, seminars and previews across the whole country.