David Beckham, Prince Charles and even Tony Blair are being used in a cartoon to promote tourism in Sussex.

A selection of nine short films have been shortlisted to represent Brighton and Hove.

People now have a chance to vote for their favourite film before the winner is announced at the CineCity International Film Festival.

Brighton's first official tourist film was created 50 years ago.

Organisers at Brighton and Hove City Council said they now wanted to create an eye-catching modern promotion, that web surfers would not only enjoy but then pass around the internet.

David Smith, chairman of the council's culture committee, said: "Short films such as Cadbury's drumming gorilla can be a good way of promoting things by so-called viral marketing.

"That's the sort of thing we're looking for to promote the city. So I'd urge everyone to have a look at the entries and choose their favourite."

Several of the films take a tourist's view of the city. One, called Brighton Rocks, works as a pastiche of an American postcard.

Another more avant garde entry, One Minute, features the view from a wing mirror as a car travels at night along the city's seafront.

But Cameron's B Right On and Alessandra Cateleta's are likely to generate the most controversy.

Cateleta's film focuses on a young woman catching the eye of a waiter in a Church Road sandwich bar.

She receives a phone call and rushes out of the shop and he follows, only to be run down by a car.

She turns and is promptly run over by a bus.

The two are then pictured hand-in-bandaged-hand and bleeding at hospital.

Meanwhile a whole host of celebrities appear in Cameron's cheeky cartoon, each advising soccer star Beckham where to take wife Victoria for a day out.

Ozzy Osbourne, Sven Goran Eriksson, George Bush and Mr Bean all extol Brighton's virtues, including that the shopping in the city is "fit for wags".

Prince Charles praises the city for its architecture and Tony Blair says it is a good place to catch some sun.

The shortlisted movies are:

The short-listed movies are:

  • Brighton's Worst Kept Secret by Tony Moon
  • Brighton Rocks, a Whirlwind Guide by Nick Yeomans
  • There are Many Faces to Brighton by Glynis Freeman
  • B Right On by Drew Cameron
  • Hold Tight: Brighton by Daniel Parsons
  • Crush by Alessandra Cateleta
  • Dreamcity by Elena Moss
  • Art:House by Barbara Myers and Paul Loman
  • One Minute by Sylvia Bernat

    Each can be viewed here, with votes collated at visitbrighton.com.

The winner of the People's Choice category will be announced at the Sallis Benney Theatre at Brighton University on Sunday.

Based at the Duke of York's Picturehouse, the CineCity festival began on Thursday last week and will run until Sunday, December 2.

What do you think of the shortlisted films? Do they really promote Brighton and Hove? Watch them and tell us your opinions below.