BACUP'S film festival will be showcasing work from new and emerging film-makers.

The festival will provide a platform for film makers to showcase their artistic flair and expose all types of film from fiction to animations, documentaries and experimental films.

The festival, in association with the North West Academy of Arts, takes place at the Millenium Theatre in Waterfoot tomorrow and Saturday.

On Friday films are being shown from 7.30pm and include A Plastic Toy Dinosaur, Like Me, Only Better, Cage Fighter, Salsa Guy, Waste, Collection, The Highway Code and A Hitch in the Plan.

Films are being shown from 1pm on the Saturday and include Wayward Escape, A Minute With, Dog Tail Soup, A Self Critical Sinner's Murder and My Mum the Wrestler.

The awards section of the show will take place between 7.30pm and 10pm.

Tickets are the event are available from the Rossendale Academy of Arts, 1a Market Street, Bacup, or by calling Chris Lever-Green on 07944 360980.

Contact www.bacupfilm festival.co.uk or email office@bacupfilmfestival.co.uk for more information.