Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus (10) for producing a film (2, 70, 170, 270, 370, 470) having a tear guiding region (72, 172, 272, 372, 472). The apparatus includes an extrusion apparatus adapted, in use, to force an extrudable material (8) through a die (14) along an extrusion axis to form an extrudate film. The extrusion apparatus having means for forming a tear guiding region in a film extruded therefrom such that the film comprises at least one primary region (74, 76) and at least one tear guiding region. The means for forming a tear guiding region being adapted such that the tear guiding region has a lower cross sectional area of extrudate than the primary region such that a force applied transverse to the extrusion axis results in a higher stress in the tear guiding region than in the primary region such that a tear in the film will preferentially propagate along the tear guiding region. The invention also provides a method of producing such a film and an extruded film .