A GROUP of students from Andover College are all set to put on a music and film festival to help support foodbanks.

Eclectic Music Festival and Homebrew Film Festival, both run by multimedia students at Andover College, have combined this year to bring an even bigger event following success in 2022. 

The films on offer will be a mix ranging from comedy to horror, from drama to animation, with all of the profits raised from the event will go to Andover Food Bank. 

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The students said: "We wanted to make a positive difference to the local community and have been tirelessly working on making it possible since November 2022, through using FilmFreeway for the Film submissions and local groups to get the musicians on board.  

"We decided to move the festival from our successful Odeon event last year to the Lights for this year in order to incorporate the music part of the event.

"The challenges as always have been in getting the word out, and getting an audience to support us, but attendees can expect to see an afternoon of national short films, an award ceremony and an evening of local musicians entertaining the crowds.

"We want to put on an event for people to look forward to. We feel there needs to be more for people to do in Andover, which is what we hope to inspire. We would love for the event to be as much if not more of a success as last year's Homebrew Film Festival was. 

"We feel it is important to show that we as young people can put on an event that shows that we can do something for our community if we put our minds to it."

Many businesses from in and around Andover will be supporting the event including Yana Vintage Clothing.

The event will take place on April 30 from 3 pm to 9 pm at The Lights.

Tickets are available here filmfreeway.com/Homebrewfilmfest as well as from the Andover College reception.