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00:00Cameron's right, this is the place to be.
00:02This is my favorite event every year
00:04at the Toronto Film Festival.
00:05Welcome to the Female Filmmakers Dinner
00:07presented by Chanel and Variety.
00:09And to start things off, I wanted to do a toast
00:12to all the female filmmakers in the room.
00:14So if you are a female filmmaker,
00:15please raise your hand so we can raise a glass to you.
00:19Sorry, I'm not gonna do it.
00:22Cheers.
00:23Here's Marielle Heller.
00:25Her movie Night Bitch is premiering tonight.
00:30The next thing I wanted to ask is
00:32if you work with a female filmmaker,
00:34if you're an actor, producer, director,
00:37a decision maker, please raise your hand.
00:41If you've done that in the last two years,
00:43please raise your hand.
00:45Lots of hands.
00:45And that is what tonight is about.
00:48Variety and Chanel have partnered
00:49for the last five years on this dinner and on this event.
00:52And we keep it small, we keep it intimate
00:54because it's really important for people
00:56to meet each other, to talk, to inspire each other,
01:00to talk about storytelling.
01:01And at Variety, we're so privileged and proud
01:04to have written about the women
01:05who have come through this room
01:06in the pages of our magazine and on our website.
01:09And we look forward to doing that for years to come
01:11for the women who are here tonight.
01:15I just wanted to quickly thank Variety's CEO
01:18and group publisher, Michelle Sabrino-Stearns.
01:20Michelle, raise your hand.
01:22A huge supporter of this event.
01:24And I wanna thank Chanel.
01:26Thank you so much for being a great partner
01:28and we're really, really excited about this evening.
01:30And enjoy, and we will talk to you and see you soon.
01:32Thank you very much.