Michaela Zee Lucy Liu, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Olivia Wilde, Beanie Feldstein and Joanna Calo gathered together at a cocktail party Thursday evening in New York City to name the grant recipient of the 2024 Through Her Lens: The Tribeca Chanel Women’s Filmmaker Program.
The five women served as this year’s jury for the annual program, which provides industry support and artistic development to self-identifying women and non-binary filmmakers.
After an intensive, three-day workshop, Liu, Randolph, Wilde, Feldstein and Calo awarded writer-director Sophia Youssef and producer Céline Bava-Helms the grand prize for their short film, “Black Shore.” “We thought that ‘Black Shore’ was very ambitious and world-building,” Liu told Variety at the cocktail event on the upper terrace of the Greenwich Hotel’s Tribeca penthouse. “And it was different from the other projects because it was so expansive.” Liu recalled the jury’s deliberation process after hearing pitches from the emerging filmmakers. “We all have different perspectives, but we were all aligned in terms of our vision,” she said. “These are powerful, intentional, decisive, creative women.
And so to be a part of that group was really the reason why I said yes… It’s strength in numbers and also knowing that individually, we can stand up on our own.” Earlier at the cocktail party, Jane Fonda, a member of the Through Her Lens advisory committee, made a special announcement about the program’s future. “Through Her Lens began in 2015 with a clear vision to inspire and empower the next generation of women storytellers.
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