French filmmaker Helene Lam Trong poses during a photo session at The American French Film Festival (TAFFF) at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theater in Los Angeles on November 8, 2026. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP via Getty Images)

French filmmaker Helene Lam Trong poses during a photo session at The American French Film Festival (TAFFF) at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theater in Los Angeles on November 8, 2026. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP via Getty Images)

French filmmaker Helene Lam Trong poses during a photo session at The American French Film Festival (TAFFF) at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theater in Los Angeles on November 8, 2026. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP via Getty Images)

French filmmaker Helene Lam Trong poses during a photo session at The American French Film Festival (TAFFF) at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theater in Los Angeles on November 8, 2026. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP via Getty Images)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 08: Nadine Perrero, Global Honors Faculty Fellow and Assistant Chair of the Media and Entertainment Industries Department for Belmont University mentors attendees during the Networking Mixer hosted by Grammy U Mentorship Program at the 2026 Grammy U® Fall Summit day 2 at The Pinnacle on November 08, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 08: Nadine Perrero,Global Honors Faculty Fellow and Assistant Chair of the Media and Entertainment Industries Department for Belmont University mentors attendees during the Networking Mixer hosted by Grammy U Mentorship Program at the 2026 Grammy U® Fall Summit day 2 at The Pinnacle on November 08, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE - NOVEMBER 08: Nadine Perrero,Global Honors Faculty Fellow and Assistant Chair of the Media and Entertainment Industries Department for Belmont University mentors attendees during the Networking Mixer hosted by Grammy U Mentorship Program at the 2026 Grammy U® Fall Summit day 2 at The Pinnacle on November 08, 2026 in Nashville, Tennessee. (Photo by Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images for The Recording Academy)

TAFFF deputy director Anouchka Van Riel, her daughter Charlie and French screenwriter Thomas Finkielkraut (R) pose during a photo session at The American French Film Festival (TAFFF) at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Theater in Los Angeles on November 8, 2026. The 30th edition of The American French Film Festival, formerly known as COLCOA, takes place in Los Angeles from November 3 to 8, 2026. (Photo by VALERIE MACON / AFP via Getty Images)