Black Country's Tom living the dream at his film premiere

Pandorica is set long after our civilisation has fallen and humans have splintered into isolated tribes, embattled in leadership trials.

It was created by Tom Paton, a film fanatic who grew up in The Hathertons Arms pub on Lichfield Street, Walsall which was run by his parents.

He now runs distribution company The Film Label, which is releasing Pandorica, as well as running his own company, TPAK Productions, who produced the movie alongside Mirror Productions.

The 82 minute length film tells the tale of Eiren, Ares and Thade, who are all in line to lead the next generation of their people and are put through a gruelling test of their strength to determine who should lead the tribe.

It is literally a world apart from his planned debut feature film, Endemic, which would have reflected his upbringing in the West Midlands.

Tom, 30, said: "I still hope Endemic can get made, because it was all about my upbringing, which I am very proud of.

"I have always worked, I would collect glasses in the pub after school and do whatever I could to help out, so this has led me on to this independent career I have made.

"The main stumbling block was that there seems to be a stigma in the UK film industry that if a British film is made and it is set outside of London, no-one will care.

"Pandorica is a film that we have treated like a big, Hollywood blockbuster, because we want the public to treat it that way.

"So far it seems to be working out."

Pandorica had its first ever showing at Walsall's new cinema, The Light, on Tuesday evening, where a packed out crowd witnessed first hand what Tom had been up to since last May.

It will tour the country from April 1, starting at the Picturehouse in Hackney, before moving on to cinemas in Cardiff, Birmingham, Edinburgh, Manchester and more.

The tour finishes on April 13 at the Picturehouse in Southampton, after which it will be released on DVD and Blu Ray.

The movie, made on a budget of £77,000 and shot over 10 days in the Lake District and a private forest in Billaricky, has already received rave reviews from online critics, with website Flash Bang Film calling it 'exactly the kind of film that the UK should be producing more of' in an 8/10 review, while The Upcoming gave it four stars.

However, the big verdicts are yet to come in, with reviews from Empire and Total Film magazines.

Tom said the response so far has left him 'on cloud nine' and he hoped that the public's opinion would match the critics.

He said: "We have put so much in to this film so it is incredible to think that we will be getting reviews from these illustrious film magazines.

"I am really on cloud nine, the launch in Walsall was fantastic, it was great to return home.

"It was my father who actually arranged that, so I have to thank him.

"For me, I want people to be properly entertained by the movie.

"I am a believer that the 80s was the golden era for action and horror films, they may have been a bit basic at times but they were so much fun.

"Going to the cinema's should be about having a good time on a Friday night."

Tom, who now lives in Leigh on Sea, near Essex, says he hopes his story can be an inspiration for would-be film makers back home.

He said: "I think there isn't much encouragement for a dream like mine back in the West Midlands.

"I would tell people that I wanted to make movies and it would feel like nobody believed it was possible.

"I really hope that someone reading this can take what I have done as an inspiration and change their life for the better.

"My job has taken me around the world, put me in contact with some amazing people and I get to do what I want every day.

"All you have to do is put in the hard work first."