Nenthead is the highest village in England

The High Tales project brings together adults and youngsters from the village of Nenthead in the North Pennines.

Six stories were written, designed, animated and then filmed by youngsters at the village school.

The project is one of a string of initiatives in North Northumberland and the North Pennines called Leader+.

It has been supported by Defra as part of an initiative to promote dynamic rural communities by funding projects conceived and implemented by the communities that will benefit from them.

Work on High Tales began with a trip to the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford.

'Imaginative stories'

A series of workshops were then held at Nenthead Primary School, where there is just one class of 29 pupils combining all the year groups.

The finished film was given a premiere at Nenthead Village Hall attended by more than 100 villagers.

Dave Brunskill, who lives in Nenthead and is part of the Animha Productions group of artists, said: "It was wonderful working with the youngsters at the primary school.

"The variety of stories was fantastic - only one was actually based in Nenthead and all were really very imaginative.

"Now, we're planning to enter the Royal Television Society's Young Filmmakers Awards.

"The youngsters and everyone involved worked really hard on the project, and it allowed me to give something back to my local community."