HOLLYWOOD came to town when the red carpet was rolled out for Bury's own "Oscars" ceremony.

Six films made by local teenagers were shown at a prizegiving night held at The Met in Bury.

The "Six Of The Best" presentation followed a six-month project to encourage young people to write, film and star in a series of short films.

Taking part were groups from the Shuttle Centre in Whitefield, The Y Zone in Radcliffe, Woodhey High School in Ramsbottom, the Elton Centre in Bury, and Broad Oak High School.

Kristen Gibson, whose company Galleon Productions backed the project, said: "Each group had to pick a title out of a hat. These were often just one word titles and we encouraged the young people to come up with ideas based on whatever they chose. In this way each project was markedly different."

The genres include horror, comedy, thriller, mock-documentary, experimental and special effects.

Cath Fernley, Bury Council's children and young people's strategy officer, said: "Our aim was to make the projects fun. We didn't want the films to be issue based' but give free rein to create a series of films everyone could enjoy."

It seems the "film bug" has continued to bite those involved: Imran Anwar (15), who took part in Broad Oak's short movie The Switch, has started making his own films with fellow participant Haydn Evans (15).