Women Helps Women, the French movie sorority launched by producer Vanessa Djian and publicist Karolyne Leibovici, made its debut at this 12 months’s Cannes Movie Pageant with the backing of Orange, in affiliation with Kering. A flurry of French feminine expertise, notably “Simone” actress Elsa Zylberstein and “Houria” director Mounia Meddour, took half within the networking luncheon which was hosted on the rooftop terrasse of Kering’s Girls in Movement occasion on the Majestic resort.
Djian, whose manufacturing banner Daïdaï Movies lately turned a part of Newen Group, and Leibovici, the founding father of A&Ok communication, launched Women Helps Women 4 years in the past to attach and create alternatives for feminine producers, actresses, executives and various expertise coming from the movie, TV and media industries.
Earlier occasions had been organized in Paris, on the prestigious restaurant Le Fouquet’s, and through Canneseries in Cannes. Every occasion kicks off with friends standing up and introducing themselves. “It’s vital to fight our fears of others to create a real sorority. We realized just a few years in the past that we wanted an initiative like Women Helps Women to assist one another and create this feminine bond inside an trade that tends to pit us in opposition to one another as rivals,” mentioned Djian and Leibovici.
Moreover Zylberstein and Meddour, the luncheon was attended by Scottie Thompson (“Homicide at Yellowstone Metropolis”); Rosalie Miller (“Personhood”); Eliane Umuhire (“Augure”); Kristina Zimmermann, managing director at Orange Studio; Daniela Elstner, Unifrance managing director; Aïssa Diaby, director and founding father of Ciné Nomade Afrique; brokers Elisabeth Tanner and Alexandra Schamis; photographer Sylvie Castioni; producer Caroline Nataf; Marine Drive, head of manufacturing at Gaumont; and Nathalie Toulza Madar, managing director at TF1 Movies Manufacturing, amongst others.
Zylberstein, who’s creating a raft of female-driven tasks as a producer, mentioned “It’s vital to affix forces, to develop tasks which have a which means, that empower ladies. Every girl is a heroine, whether or not she’s recognized or not.” She added that she wished to “develop tasks revolving ladies, together with movies and collection, and tear down boundaries.” Zylbertstein additionally praised streamers for creating extra alternatives for international actors. “The world is getting smaller and persons are extra open-minded. Additionally they must dream and that’s the facility of cinema,” she continued.
