A film created by schoolchildren and their relatives to provide an insight into social and family history will be shown as part of Bradford’s City of Film celebrations.

Pupils from schools across the district have interviewed family members for the My City, My Family, My Film project, which will be shown at a civic reception on Thursday, March 18.

Pupils aged four to 12 from eight schools were filmed with their parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles for the project at the National Media Museum.

Each pupil asked their relative what brought them to Bradford, what was their favourite film and why, and what was the best thing about their family.

City of Film events manager Nicky Corp said: “The project combines literacy, social history, creativity and fun. That in a sense is what City of Film is all about – creating something beyond the sum of its parts.

“There were moments during filming when we got a bit teary because it’s such beautiful material.”

Mohammed Malik, a governor at Frizinghall Primary School, was at the filming event with his ten-year-old son Sheikh.

He said: “What the project’s doing is fantastic. It’s intriguing to learn about how people came to Bradford and how they lived before.”

Katie Miller-Gill, who was filmed for the project with her nine-year-old daughter Regan, said: “City of Film is bringing good things to Bradford. It’s good for the children to do something practical outside school. It was nice to do something with my daughter which we can look at in the future.”

Some pupils have recorded their part of the project at school. The results will be compiled at Parkside School, Cullingworth. An edited version of the finished film will shown at the civic reception, to which ten children will be invited with their relatives.

Organisers hope to show the full film on the big screen in Centenary Square the following weekend, when other events to celebrate the launch of City of Film will also take place.

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