Amy Clarke is anxious to prove that student life is not all about night-long drinking sessions and days in bed.

So the Bradford College student is delighted that her film about college hardship is to be screened in front of hundreds of people at a UK film festival this month.

Amy, pictured, has beaten off national competition to win a place at the 34th Co-operative Young Film-makers festival which takes place at the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford.

Originally from Glusburn, near Keighley, the 20-year-old was inspired to make the film called 10,000 after seeing her friends struggle to fund their studies and dealing with unscrupulous landlords.

Short of cash herself, she has had to perform the roles of cameraman, narrator and actress in the documentary-style film.

"It tells my story and that of a lot of other students," she said. "It's mainly about lack of money - people just don't realise how difficult it can be sometimes. It's so hard to get that qualification when you're skint and I think the Government needs to think about that."

Amy fell into film-making by accident after a media course she hoped to enrol in was dropped and she was offered a place on a one-year video course.

Now in her second year of a design communications course, she hopes to go on to study at the Northern Film School.

Amy's film is one of 105 to be screened on October 13 and 14 which have been submitted by schools, colleges and youth groups from across the country.

Festival organiser Julia Youd said the talent of young people and the commitment they had shown in making their films was incredible.

"The festival gives young people the chance to explore whatever issues they choose and develop new skills doing it," she said.