Saturday, October 18

Platforma Festival: Focus on Women’s Experiences – Films & Director Q&A

Name: Platforma Festival: Focus on Women’s Experiences – Films & Director Q&A
Start: 2025-10-18T18:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-10-18T20:00:00+01:00
Location: Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery

By Gateway Film Festival

Films on women’s lives shaped by war – from Ukraine to Lebanon – plus a director Q&A with Lora Arkhypenko.

Date and time

Location

Peterborough Museum & Art Gallery

51 Priestgate Peterborough PE1 1LF United Kingdom

Good to know

Highlights

2 hours
Ages 18+
In person

About this event

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:s

WOMEN (2024, 28 mins) Dir. Lora Arkhypenko + Director Q&A

Impact of the war in Ukraine through the lives of three women.

We Are Not Princesses (2018, 75 mins) Dir Bridgette Auger & Itab Azzam

Portrait of Syrian refugee women in Lebanon reclaiming their voices through theatre and storytelling.

BBFC Rating: 18+

Cost: FREE, Space Limited.

Location: Peterborough Museum.

Language: Mixed

Organized by

Gateway Film Festival