The festival offers a rich and varied program, addressing the menstrual cycle from multiple angles. Film screenings, such as "Le jour où j’ai découvert que Jane Fonda était brune" by Anna Salzberg on November 16 at Cinéma Le Dietrich, and practical workshops like emotional self-defense for uterine pathologies on November 17 at Biblio café. Director Anna Salzberg will be present for the screening.
On November 18, the Menstruation Day will take place at La Ruche on the university campus, featuring association stands, an escape game "Kiff ton cycle", and a workshop on sewing menstrual pads at the Médiathèque François-Mitterrand. The evening will include discussions on the history of masculinities at M3Q and the screening of the film "Out of the Picture" by An. Ash Smolar at TAP Cinéma.
On November 19, the Espace Mendès France will host a day of discussions on "MenstruTech and Research Updates", including a reflection on the Social Security for Menstruation with Jeanne Guien and an interdisciplinary roundtable. The evening will continue at the Centre socioculturel La Blaiserie with a meeting on menstruation in Asia featuring writer Élise Thiébaut, followed by the show "Chattologie".
On November 20, Confort Moderne will offer a roundtable on "Matrimoine in Architecture" as part of the Architecture Houses biennale. The evening will take place at the Musée Sainte-Croix and Espace Mendès France with a guided tour, a performance by Lily Hibberd, and a conference on prehistoric female representations and the planet Venus, in partnership with the Sainte-Croix Museum and the LATMOS laboratory.
Finally, on November 21, the Fanzinothèque of Poitiers will conclude the festival with a fanzine creation workshop led by artist Club de Bridge and Héloïse Morel, co-founder of Les Menstrueuses. Practical information and registration details are available on the website lesmenstrueuses.org.
