Three-film festival in Peterborough celebrating Bengali heritage
The first Peterborough Bengali Film Festival, a partnership between The Gateway Film Festival and the Bengali Sanskriti Club, comes to the Key Theatre on September 29.
This year’s three-film festival promises to be an even bigger celebration of culture, storytelling and Bengali heritage on the big screen.
More than just an exhibition of heart-stoppers, tearjerkers and belly laughs the day will also be an opportunity to walk a mile in someone else’s shoes and see life through new eyes.
Here’s the line-up;
RAMDHANU, certificate PG (11.30am) Mithali wants her son Gogol to get admission into a reputed school, but her son continues to fail the admission test. Mithali and her husband then join an academy that trains parents on how to conduct themselves at school interviews.
Will Gogol finally get admission into a reputed school?
SATYANWESHI certificate 12 (2.30pm)
A prince grants his father's dying wish and secures his inheritance by marrying.
The palace librarian who was befriended by the new bride goes missing, and the prince invites Byomkesh Bakshi to uncover the truth behind his disappearance.
GOYNAR BAKSHO certificate 12 (5.30pm)
Shirshendu Mukhopadhyay's famous tale of three generations of women and their changing position in society, seen in relation to a box of jewels, handed down from one generation to the next.
Tickets are free, at www.keytheatre-peterborough.com