Next time you’re settling into your seat in a dark movie theater, don’t forget to look at who’s beside you in case it’s Olivia Wilde. The actress and director is a passionate cinema-goer, particularly if it’s a female-led picture, which made her a perfect juror for the latest installment of Through Her Lens: The Chanel & Tribeca Women’s Filmmaker Program. “I’m thrilled by what I’m seeing with female filmmakers right now—programs like this are a reason why we’re seeing such an explosion of female talent at the highest level,” Wilde told Vogue over lunch at Locanda Verde, where Chanel and Tribeca were celebrating the ninth annual program for this year’s recipients.
“There’s so much talent. There’s never been a lack of talent—only a lack of opportunity.” “I just saw Babygirl in the theater,” Wilde added.
“Wow. The intensity of watching something that is that bold, sexy, vulnerable, and honest with other movie-lovers and sharing an intense, emotional, visceral experience? That’s why we have to go see the work of incredible artists in theaters. To have your movie make it to a theater is everyone’s dream.
” Fellow juror Beanie Feldstein for this year’s program, which nurtures, mentors, and funds five director and producer duos, agreed that support is paramount to success. “My whole career has been rooted in working with female filmmakers,” the star of Greta Gerwig's Ladybird and Wilde’s directorial debut Booksmart said. “I ow.