Influential women in entertainment talked politics, fashion week and fall travel plans at a party to support emerging filmmakers.
Chloe Fineman, the “Saturday Night Live” star known for her impressions of people like Melania Trump and Britney Spears, was headed into a lunch in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday dressed in a white jacket and tiny black shorts with hints of Jackie Kennedy Onassis. She joked she appeared reserved, polished and demure. But she insisted it was just a look.
“My attitude is the opposite of demure,” Ms. Fineman said, laughing. “I’m very stressed, very unmindful, very agitated.”
“I live in New York,” she added. “We have things to do.”
It was midday, and Ms. Fineman was joining about 100 other influential women in fashion and entertainment at Locanda Verde, the Italian restaurant in TriBeCa. The actors Olivia Wilde, Whitney Peak and Phoebe Tonkin were there. So were the broadcast journalist Gayle King, the stylist Kate Young, and the television writer and showrunner Joanna Calo.
They had gathered for the Chanel Through Her Lens Program Luncheon, which marked the beginning of a three-day workshop for 10 emerging female filmmakers.
The program, created by Chanel and Tribeca Enterprises, which owns the Tribeca Festival, is in its tenth year. Through mentorship and funding it has helped about 100 women make about 40 short films that have appeared at the Sundance Film Festival and on Netflix and HBOMax, according to organizers.
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