FREELANCE film-maker Marcus Lee is set to premiere his new movie shot in Bradford.

The 34-year-old from East Bowling, who wants to put his home city and citizens on the movie map, is inviting 100 people to watch his black and white psychological drama Immental at its first official showing.

The screening will be at the Old Building at Bradford College on Thursday, December 10 from 7pm, with an invited audience of cast members and some distinguished guests.

Mr Lee, whose first camera experience was eight years ago filming his sister's wedding, made Immental with a cast of 30 local actors recruited through Facebook.

He said: "It's exciting but nerve wracking I'm putting it on show for 100 people and will get to hear what their thoughts are."

The independent film plots the tale of a man who becomes silent after being accused of murdering his brother. He is put in a mental health facility where he encounters flashbacks and many weird and wonderful characters, said Mr Lee.

Self-taught Mr Lee, who runs his business Reel Street Productions from home, fitted in the scriptwriting and movie-making around his day job running workshops for schools and young people's projects and had to borrow and beg to fund it himself, he said.

He held the auditions at the New Playhouse in Little Germany and started filming in April at various locations throughout the city including corridors of community centres, in City Park, up on the moors and in friends' homes.

His cast included people from all walks of life - from a charity manager to a bar worker. He added: "It was all very much a part-time production and ad-hoc over a number of months trying to film as and when we could fit it all in, but altogether we had about 18 days of filming."

He also got help from Bradford's City of Film, with director David Wilson allowing them to use its lift in the Design Exchange for one of the film's scenes.

Mr Wilson said City of Film was happy to help and added: "We're here as much for the independent film-makers as we are for the big companies. Marcus has been making films in Bradford for years, they're always good quality and he's got a great reputation to work with."

After the filming, Mr Lee shut himself away with plenty of tea and biscuits for three months to get on with the editing. "It sounds glamorous editing a film but it can get a bit lonely just staring at a screen for so long!" he said.

In the New Year he will be sending Immental off to film festivals in the UK and further afield like the Sundance Film Festival in the US.

"David Wilson from City of Film has been in touch with me and offered help with useful links to get it out to the festivals so we will see where 2016 takes it," added Mr Lee.

He is also hoping it will attract a distributor to promote it as a DVD or on video demand to help get back some of the money he has invested and showcase Bradford talent.