AN independent film maker says his latest short film is aimed at banishing Wrexham Bus Station's problem image as a haven for people with drug problems.

Robert Corcoran hopes that his production, “The Bus Station” will help portray the building in a positive light after it hit the national headlines early last year when images of vulnerable people suffering from the effects of the former legal high Black Mamba were circulated.

Robert, 24, says he has has backing from Wrexham Council for the seven-minute long film which has already been viewed thousands of times on both Facebook and YouTube.

Part of a trio of local short films called ‘People in Places’, the comedy relates the tale of a man losing his wallet at the bus station and how he becomes reunited again with the missing item.

King Street Coffee Company make a cameo appearance and the film features a mainly local cast alongside more established actors such as Tony Fillingham and Lee Abbate, who have enjoyed small roles in 'Peaky Blinders' and 'Coronation Street'.

“I wanted to reflect the diversity of the people and things that can be seen in the bus station every day. The fact that we have sign language, skateboarding, coffee shops and all these different elements in the final product is amazing," said Robert.

"It is a very simple sweet comedy film. We saw how it was portrayed nationally last year with the drugs issue, but we are trying to reflect a positive image of Wrexham across the country."

Robert, who runs 73 Degree Films, a Wrexham-based film production company was helped by a team of local film professionals including Marcin Orlowski, Joe Clifford and James Stevens, along with Glyndwr Students Jade Barron and Emma Tattum.

They received permission to close the bus station to shoot with a film crew one evening last November and while Robert says, initially, Wrexham Council were lukewarm about the venture, he added: "I was trying to counter the negative publicity with something interesting and positive and the council came back and were very helpful with many aspects of the production."

While currently only available for online viewing, it is hoped that “The Bus Station” - which was premiered at Undegun arts centre in Wrexham will get a wider audience at film festivals and events.

"I’m incredibly passionate about Wrexham and the amazing people we have here. I want to see us represented and portrayed on a national scale in as positive a manner as possible. I hated the fact that those articles [about the bus station] were published by influential, national papers and painted a hugely negative picture of Wrexham across the country - this isn’t the town that I recognise."

* You can watch "The Bus Station" at 73degreefilms.com