A YOUNG film fan from Derbyshire turned star reporter when she interviewed legendary TV presenter Sir David Attenborough.
Elicia Westran, 10, was invited to interview the natural history filmmaker and the director and producers about a new nature film called Chimpanzee.
Elicia, from Belper, was asked by the education charity Filmclub to go to London where, for a second assignment, she also met and interviewed actors Akai Osei and Theo Stevenson, two young stars of new British film called All Star.
Elicia, who attends Heage Primary School, where she is a member of the school's film club, said: "It was my first assignment with Filmclub and it was also my first webcast too.
" I was quite nervous – they were all counting on me to get it right.
"But I really enjoyed it and I'm really looking forward to doing another one hopefully."
Elicia was invited to host the interview at The Barbican theatre in the capital as part of her role on the Filmclub Talent Development programme – which enables young people to engage with the film industry through reporting from industry events and interviewing film professionals.
To prepare for the interview with Sir David, which went out as a live webcast, Elicia spent the day rehearsing in the studio.
Following that the youngster chatted to Akai, who first sprang to fame as the winner of TV's Got To Dance before taking on roles in StreetDance and StreetDance 2, and Theo who was the title role in Horrid Henry: The Movie.
She asked them about their new dance film, All Star, quizzing them on whether it was difficult to learn the dance routines and how they managed to fit in homework with filming.
She was even shown a few dance moves.
Akai said: "The interview was really fun and went really well. Elicia did a great job and I was very impressed."
Theo agreed, saying: "I was very impressed.
"I wouldn't have had that much confidence to do that to talk in front of a lot of people and a camera at her age."
Heage Primary School was the recipient of the 2013 Filmclub Club Of the Year Award, which celebrates outstanding clubs.
It was one of only four shortlisted schools from the charity's 7,000 member schools to be nominated.
The club was selected for its dedication to running a regular weekly film club and tapping into the numerous resources on offer to inspire pupils and reinforce the curriculum.
About 70 pupils attend each week – 10 of whom are also part of the Filmclub Talent Development Programme.
