Menopause Awareness Programme for the Screen Sector

The session begins with a hands-on creative workshop led by Jennifer Davidson, empowering participants to reimagine menopause narratives through storytelling and screenwriting.

Workshop content:

Framing Menopause

Case Studies & Creative Provocations

Character Remix: Who Gets to Menopause?

Writing the Shift: Scene Work

This will be followed by a live-streamed panel featuring leading voices from film, television, academia, and crew, examining how menopause, menopausal people, and mid-life women are framed in screen culture.

Panellists:

Dr Susan Liddy - Contributing Moderator

Deborah Jermyn - Academic

Janicke Askevolde - Director

Max Brady - Producer

Olaya Chesneau - Crew Member

Complementing the theme, Solomamma — a film about a woman in her 40s who becomes a single mother via sperm donation — will screen at CIFF following the workshop.

Full event and registration details are available here.

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