LET’S be honest: it is not often people from Worcestershire get to look at the cinema screen and say “that’s where I live”.

That statement is generally reserved for those who live in London, New York or Paris - but a new film has branched out from the usual locations, instead choosing the Malvern Hills, Worcester and Cheltenham.

Because, according to Simon Tate, not everything has to come from London.

“I’ve always wanted to film in the region,” he said. “I spent half my life in London working - I wanted to build a feature film company here.

“I think Worcester is a really attractive proposition for film makers looking outside of London and I think it has the potential to become a creative hub.”

Tate wrote, co-produced and directed The Point of Regret, a feature film which tells the story of a “local hack” Ryan who has been given the opportunity of a lifetime: to interview William, a man who, aged just 12, murdered three members of his family 30 years before.

“He gets the scoop of a lifetime and the point is, there is no real reason why he’s got it,” explained Tate. “As the story evolves we understand.”

The tension is cranked up by the fact William, who has recently been released from jail, is slowly committing suicide in front of Ryan - and will only tell his story if he is helped.

It’s an interesting idea with a good script which has meant, despite its £500 budget, it has attracted attention from across the pond with Warner Brothers Pictures agreeing to distribute the DVD in the US.

It is not just a huge coup for him - the result of “hard graft” - but also for all the people involved in the film.

Not only was it filmed in the county - notably becoming the first feature film to use Worcester Cathedral - but its lead AJ Nicol was from Worcester.

And the film relied heavily on the expertise of the students at Worcester College of Technology - a real advantage for any film which comes to the city.

“The fact that we secured Warner Bros in North America and these huge retailers here in the UK is a credit to all the talented people who gave their time to make this film a reality,” said Tate.

“So many of them were Worcester based and that’s why we’re bringing our next project- which has a considerably larger budget - back to the city.”

To find out more about the film - which will open the Worcester Film Festival next March - visit emanationfilms.net.