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.
“These women are being mentored by film composers, costume designers and other great artists,” said Ms. Wilde, who is on the jury that helps select participants. “I wish I had done this program.”
In the past, the film director Kathryn Bigelow and the actresses Rashida Jones, Courteney Cox and Sarah Jessica Parker were mentors. This year, the list includes the director, actor, and writer Pamela Adlon and the creator and showrunner Mara Brock Akil.
The luncheon fell at the heels of New York Fashion Week and the Emmy Awards, and many guests were still buzzing about the festivities.
AnnaSophia Robb, the actress and model, said she had finally figured out how to make fashion week manageable.
“I came for the tail end of fashion week, and it was lovely,” she said. “I went to the Michael Kors show. It was so chaotic, but it was the only show I went to, and I saw all my friends there.”
Ms. Calo, a producer and writer known for “The Bear,” still couldn’t believe Liza Colón-Zayas won the Emmy Award for outstanding supporting actress in her role as Tina Marrero on the series.
“We partied so hard after,” she said. “It was so fun. I mean, for me, that is staying out until 1 a.m. because I had to take my child to school the next day.”
The actress Rosie Perez gushed that Ms. Colón-Zayas was the first Latina to win the award.
“She made history,” she said, “and I hope that transfers into the film industry as well and shows people it’s not just about women, it’s also about women of color.”
Other attendees were getting ready for a busy fall ahead.
Francesca Scorsese, the actress, was headed to Italy and plans to travel throughout the country with her father, the filmmaker Martin Scorsese.
“We always have the best time on trips. We will watch a couple of films,” she said, adding, “Maybe we will go out to dinner with a group of people, and then we will go home and chat for an hour.”
Ms. Wilde was getting ready to shoot a movie, “I Want Your Sex” with the actor Cooper Hoffman and the singer-songwriter Charli XCX.
“I am acting in this one, and it’s been a minute, because I’ve been directing,” she said. “I’ve read the script about a hundred times.”
Ms. Fineman was preparing for “Saturday Night Live” to begin again on Monday.
The vibe is “very back to school,” she said. “We are going to have fun with politics, which I’m really excited about.”
She was not the only guest thinking about the news.
“I’m leaving for D.C. to do a show at the Kennedy Center,” said Beanie Feldstein, the actress, who will be performing in “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.”
“The show is really fun, so I hope it will bring some levity and joy and silliness to people over there,” she said.
Whenever she goes to Washington, D.C., she remembers playing Monica Lewinsky in the 2021 season of “American Crime Story,” she said. “I feel her there,” she said. “And the Kennedy Center is right across from Watergate, so all the memories come back.”
Inside Locanda Verde, partygoers were dressed in bows, jackets, shoes and purses from Chanel. They chatted with one another while drinking Champagne and Arnold Palmers. (The actor Robert De Niro, is a partner in the restaurant, and co-founded the Tribeca Festival with Jane Rosenthal, the co-founder chief executive of Tribeca Enterprises.)
A little after noon, they sat for a three-course lunch of roasted beets, olive oil-poached halibut and lemon tarts. Ms. Rosenthal, who was wearing jeans and a long pearl necklace, gave a speech reminding women to appreciate one another.
“Look around at who’s sitting next to you,” she said as loud cheers interrupted her. “You can’t take this room for granted.”
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