THE curtains have come down on this year’s Bicester Film Festival after hundreds of school pupils got a taste of silver screen success.

Children from across the town gathered for the red carpet treatment at the film awards’ fifth annual event, which honours youngsters for producing their own short films.

Wrapping up film-makers of the year were students from Langford Village Primary School who were awarded Best Overall Film and Best Overall Animation.

The Langford primary was among 13 schools and 750 pupils that took part in the festival, which was sponsored by the new Kingsmere development.

One of the founders of Bicester Schools’ Film Festival Greg Stagnell said: “From seeing all the entries, it certainly looked like all the children enjoyed the experience, and we had a tough job judging – the quality, imagination and storytelling in each film was impressive.”

Children were invited to the Oscar-style awards ceremony and screening of all the films at the Vue Cinema in Bicester.

Leading the way for Langford Village Primary School’s film were students Rosemary Early, James Durbin, Skylah Walton, Kerry Stanley and Matthew Oke. The group produced a short film called Sports Day and out of 68 entries proved victorious with their use of “Lego, good script and steady camera action”.

Other winners included a documentary called Snakes by Year 1 and Year 2 pupils from Bure Park Primary School in Lucerne Avenue, a drama called A Titanic Adventure by Year 3 and Year 4 pupils from Finmere Church of England Primary School in Mere Road and a documentary called Making Dinosaur Jelly by foundation pupils at St Mary’s Catholic Primary School in Queens Avenue.