A Bethlehem College Primary School student is working on the final touches of her film to be judged against others from around the country.

Kalista Ellis, 11, wrote a story based on the life of Helen Keller, who was blind and deaf.

Kalista Ellis, 11, puts the final touches on her film project at Bethlehem College Primary School.

She then took the story and made it into a film and in the process won a Panasonic Broadcast camera and training from an industry professional.

Kalista's mum Leana says she is proud of her daughter's work.

'She was 10-years-old when she first started on it and now she's 11.

'The story is about a girl, Stephanie, who loses her eye sight and hearing in a plane crash – she has to learn how to communicate again.”

The film follows Stephanie's journey as she learns how to use her other senses.

Leana says Kalista is up against students of secondary school level and if she wins will move on to Singapore to represent New Zealand.

'A lot of work has gone into it. We went to Classis Flyers and they pulled a plane out for us. We went to an optometrist in Bethlehem. I did most of the ringing around, but Kalista did the rest of the work.”

Fellow student Georgia Wilson played main character Stephanie and Bethlehem College student Oliver Abbot was the cameraman on the project.