THE innovative Yorkshire-made teen drama The Knife That Killed Me returns to City Screen on Sunday as part of the York Literature Festival.

In attendance for a 5.45pm introduction and a post-screening question-and-answer session will be co-director Marcus Romer and Antony McGowan, the Leeds author of the novel from which the black-and-white film was adapted.

The Knife That Killed Me (15) was shot by Romer and fellow writer-director Kit Monkman with computerised green-screen and visual effects technology at GSP Studios at Bubwith, near York, and post-production work followed at Heslington Studios at the University of York's department of theatre, film and television.

The film takes the form of a flashback journey through the memories of Yorkshire teenager Paul Varderman as he reflects on the events that led to the fatal moment his life was cut short.

In McGowan's story, Paul (played by Jack McMullen) moves to a new school and, as an outsider himself, he becomes involved with The Freaks, a group of emo and misfit kids on the periphery of school life.

At the same time, he attracts the attention of the school's twisted and manipulative bully, Roth (Jamie Shelton). When Paul delivers a message from Roth to the leader of a gang at a rival school, it sparks a dangerous feud. The title tells you what ensued.

The film has been called a cross between Kes and Sin City and made the number ten spot in the Huffington Post's top films of 2014, an endorsement that has found favour with City Screen’s marketing manager, Dave Taylor.

“When I first saw it, I was impressed with the way in which the live actors were put into highly stylised computer-generated scenes, giving it an almost dreamlike background fronted with real forceful live action, and so I was keen to show it at City Screen," he says.

Festival director Miles Salter adds: "I'm so pleased that Anthony McGowan and Marcus Romer are taking part in York Literature Festival this year. The film of the book was made in York and we're pleased to be celebrating a York success story.”

Tickets are available on 0871 902 5726, at picturehouses.co.uk and from the Coney Street box office.