Platforma Festival: Child Migrant Stories – Films of Home, Sanctuary & War

Presented by 62 Gladstone Street in partnership with Gateway Film Festival Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery | All screenings free A month-long film programme exploring migration, memory, and belonging through powerful documentaries, archive footage, and international cinema. Curated by Gateway Film Festival as part of Platforma Festival 2025.

Programme:

Seeking Sanctuary on a Scottish Island (15 mins) by Children Migrant Stories

The film highlights the experiences of refugee and asylum-seeking children in Scotland.

Home (11 mins) by Children Migrant Stories

Draws on child migrants’ feelings of home and belonging. 

CHILDREN ( 50 mins) Dir Lora Arkhypenko

Follows the impacts of the Ukrainian war on children of a variety of ages.

BBFC Rating: 18+

Cost: FREE, Space Limited.

Location: Peterborough Museum.

Language: Mixed