A DIRECTOR working on the film version of a Welsh choir’s meteoric rise to stardom says shooting could begin on the movie this year.

Writer and director Debbie Isitt said the film, telling the story of the Froncysyllte Male Voice Choir’s overnight success, remains a major priority for production company Lion’s Gate.

The group, with an average age of 66, went from obscurity to making the fastest-selling classical album of all time – Voices of the Valley.