The final touches are being put to an ambitious project that aims to get young disabled people into mainstream film.

Witch Way?, a modern day fairy tale about a child-eating witch, was filmed in woods near Sunningwell last weekend, and is ready to be screened in cinemas as a feature – ahead of its major release.

The film is the work of young people with learning and physical difficulties from inclusion charity Parasol, in Northway, Oxford, and the Fusion Arts Centre in Cowley.

The 15 young fil- makers, aged between 13 and 20, are being assisted by Oxford director Vicky Jewson, whose own debut film Lady Godiva premiered in Oxford last January, ahead of its national release, and her co-director Rupert Whitaker.

The project, which has been partly funded by the Department for Children Schools and Families, started in November. Since then the team has come up with an idea for the film, scripted it, auditioned, cast all the roles and finished filming.

They decided the film would be about a witch who owns a bed and breakfast in Sunningwell, and lures people back to her house and feeds them sausages made out of children’s fingers.

Miss Jewson, who persuaded her sister to ride naked on horseback through the streets of Oxford to mark her own premiere, said the team was getting ready for a screening later this month.

She added: ”We are planning a publicity stunt for the premiere. We are talking to different venues for the premiere, but we hope it will be in Oxford Castle’s crypt.”

Parasol manager Dan Norey said: “We encourage disabled and non-disabled people to work together and learn from each other and the project really fits in with that.”