THE region's film-makers will be screening their work at a Worcester Film Society event tonight.

The evening is billed as a celebration of local talent which demonstrates film-making at grass roots.

It will culminate with the "silly, sick, zombie-splatter flick" Braindead by Peter Jackson, the director of Lord of The Rings.

With the advent of digital equipment it has become increasingly easy for people to make films, said Robin Clarke, of the Worcester Film Society.

"All you need is a digital video camera and you can edit on an Apple Mac," Robin explained.

"But there are no facilities in Worcester and you have to travel for an hour to be able to edit your film. I hope that someone will come forward with a building or funding so that we can create our own studio in Worcester. There's so much talent out there."

Among the reels due to be shown is unique footage of Nepalese people going about their everyday lives at a village bazaar.

The film was shot by Jan Grotefeld in the remote town of Baglung in the north west region of the country.

The former nurse worked for Save the Children in the late 70s.

Her husband Tim will be showing a three-minute documentary he made about the spitfire that crashed into the Malvern Hills.

Robin hopes the film society will be able to bring together film-makers from the area and give them an arena in which to broadcast their various work.

"I already have script writers and actors who are champing at the bit to meet everyone else so there can be an exchange of ideas," said Robin.

"It's great to know there's someone living round the corner who feels as passionate as you do.

"The event is attracting people like bees around a honey pot. I've had so much interest.

"I expect at least 100 people and hope the evening will spawn a lot more films."

The show, which will be held in Worcester City Art Gallery in Foregate Street, includes Dinner with the Archers, directed by Archer's producer, Edward J Mason and Farmer Whiplash, a documentary made by Linda St Clair, formerly Miss Whiplash, now a farmer in Herefordshire.

Black Hill Revisited, made by Denise Salmon, tells how farmers in Herefordshire coped with the foot-and-mouth outbreak.