Halle Berry, Regina King, Celine Song and Meg Ryan. Kate Green/Getty Images; Jason Mendez/Getty Images; Aurore Marechal/Getty Images; Chad Salvador/WWD via Getty Images Halle Berry, Regina King, Celine Song and Meg Ryan are among the stars set to participate in the 2026 edition of Tribeca Enterprises and Chanel‘s Through Her Lens Women’s Filmmaker Program.
Berry, King and Ryan will serve as jurors for the 11th edition of the artist development initiative, set to run from Sept. 22-24, with Oscar-winning Sinners cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw and actress Ella Rubin also joining the jury.
Tribeca and Chanel have also revealed this year’s mentors and conversation leaders.
Related Stories
Movies Steven Spielberg to Be Honored at Museum of Modern Art's Film Benefit in New York
Movies Greta Lee Found 'Late Fame.' She's Not Taking It for Granted
Song will serve as a mentor alongside Gina Prince-Bythewood, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Is God Is‘ Aleshea Harris and actress Fala Chen.
This year’s conversation leaders are H.E.R., Patty Jenkins, Oscar-winning casting director Cassandra Kulukundis, Oscar-nominated and Emmy-winning composer Laura Karpman and Oscar-nominated costume designer Miyako Bellizzi and producer Riva Marker.
Founded in 2015 by Tribeca and Chanel, Through Her Lens provides U.S. based women and non-binary filmmakers with funding, creative support and hands-on development opportunities. The three-day program sees participants take part in mentor-led sessions covering such topics as script development, directing, music composition and costume design before delivering their live pitch to the jury. One team is awarded full financing to make their short film with support from Tribeca Studios, with four additional teams receiving development grants.
Over the past 11 years, 50 short films have been developed through the Through Her Lens workshop, with 10 fully-funded winning films. Through Her Lens projects have premiered at major festivals like Sundance and the Toronto Film Festival and have secured distribution through HBO Max, Searchlight, Criterion and other platforms.
The Through Her Lens advisory committee, established in 2023, includes Karpman, Jenkins, Jane Rosenthal, Lucy Liu, Tessa Thompson, Olivia Wilde, Jane Fonda, A.V. Rockwell, Kerry Washington and Teyana Taylor.
More information about the projects and filmmakers selected for the 2026 edition of Through Her Lens, provided by Tribeca and Chanel, follows.
BREAK Jasmine J. Johnson (Director; Writer); Katy Wicker (Producer) After her brutal wipeout goes viral, a young Black surfer is pushed to the breaking point as her hunger for public validation threatens the connection to the water that once made her feel free.
CAMOUFLAGE Jinsui Song (Director; Writer); Shen Wei (Producer) In 2007 Shenzhen, China during mandatory military training, an androgynous 11-year-old girl conducts her own secret experiment after being mistakenly placed in the boys’ unit.
COLD EMBRACE Victoria Trow (Director; Writer); Sabina Friedman-Seitz (Producer) When Ella is prescribed an emotional support python as a part of an experimental new therapy program, she discovers the animal’s primal instincts can treat more than just her anxiety.
COWARDS Gem Little (Director; Writer); Kseniya Yorsh (Producer) Eleven years old and transient, Diamond has been raised on the only tools her family knows, but over the course of a summer day in 1999 Chicago, a rift with her best friend tests everything she’s been taught about toughness.
GRIPPY SOCKS Carlen May-Mann (Director; Writer); Cacá Montagnana (Producer) After checking herself into the emergency room for suicidal ideation, Kate spends thirty-six bizarre and mundane hours in limbo until a surreal encounter makes her question whether she truly wants to die.
THR Newsletters
Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day
Subscribe Sign Up
