What do you get when you put 100 trained assassins, an evil warlord, an ancient relic and three girls on screen together?

The latest short film from Anton Steel and the Bay of Plenty Film community project.

Anton Steel on set of Just 3 Girls. Photo: Tez Mercer.

Just 3 Girls, which has recently been released on Vimeo, was shot in Tauranga in just one weekend.

SunLive Art Beat blogger Rosalie Crawford says she jumped at the chance of being a part of making this movie in downtown Tauranga.

She says the film 'provided a brilliant opportunity to showcase the high energy and technical skills of the growing community of film makers, actors, stunt people and set designers here in the Bay of Plenty”.

'As location manager I was quite inexperienced, so found myself doing on-the -job learning from those who have worked on films such as Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, the Z Nail Gang, Spartacus, The Hobbit, and the recent Scarlett Johansen film Ghost in the Shell.

'Liaising with council, police and local businesses in advance, as well as picking up all the rubbish before the actors arrive to film is all part of making the magic happen.”

Rosalie says the BOP Film community is made up of over 100 talented people with a range of film experience, but who now mostly all reside in the Bay of Plenty.

She says the goal is to establish a film office here to attract international productions and grow the local industry, and this film is a means of showing what that could look like.

‘Just 3 Girls' was directed by Anton Steel, written by Daryl Belbin and produced by Simone Ashton, with director of photography Chris Kirkham.

The film was made with the help of Tauranga business graciously providing props, food/catering, locations and equipment.

"Without the support and their help it wouldn't have been possible."

All about featuring local talent and locations, the film stars Katherine Kennard, Tanya Horo, Melanie Bevan and Thiago Moraes. It's full of stunt action, one-liners and beautiful shots, and was all filmed around central Tauranga.

To find out what's next for the BOP Film community, follow the group on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and the website www.bopfilm.nz