A FILM director from New Zealand has travelled half way around the world in an attempt to find the final backing he needs to complete a project aimed at promoting world peace.

William Watson is 70 per cent through his documentary War With No Guns which tells the story of the peacekeeping mission. It brought an end to a 10-year civil war in Papua New Guinea.

But he now needs to secure £200,000 to complete the final shots and edits on the documentary and to get it distributed and included at film festivals, with Cannes being top of the list.

Through an international entrepreneurs' database he has been put in touch with Swindon-based ODS Business Services, the largest European manufacturer of CDs and DVDs which are producing 37,000 promotional trailer DVDs free to be distributed with next month's Marketing Week magazine.

The link came through Swindon's Blue Click PR's managing director Rhona Jack, whose client list includes ODS's UK headquarters at the Renault Spectrum building.

William's trailer is also being printed onto the new EcoDisc, a 100 per cent recyclable alternative to traditional media discs.

War With No Guns looks back on the peacekeeping mission forged by a New Zealand-led multi-national force, which went into the zone carrying guitars instead of guns.

Its aim was to use the common language of music to bring people together.

William said: "Possibly the most powerful technique, however, was working through the women, as they are natural peacemakers.

"Engaging with the women meant they went off and told the men to put the guns down, which allowed for negotiations to begin.

"Now there has been 10 years of lasting peace. After 10 years of war there's usually an 80 per cent chance of going back to war within that time.

"It would cost hundreds of thousands for us to do what ODS has done, and I hope to find others willing to help.

"A lot of companies are looking at ways of improving and empowering the world these days, but our company has run out of resources.

However, there are people out there who can support and help push this forward."

Anyone wishing to help with the cost of William's documentary should call Blue Click PR on 01793 441414.