Sofia Coppola was honored at the Museum of Modern Arts 2025 Film Benefit, presented by Chanel, on Wednesday, as the filmmaker looked back at the start of her career when she was known just as Francis Ford Coppolas daughter.

Bill Murray, Elle Fanning, Josh Hartnett, Jason Schwartzman, Roman Coppola, Michael Ovitz and MoMAs chief curator of film Rajendra Roy were all on hand to pay tribute to Coppola, along with video messages from Kirsten Dunst and father Francis, for the museums 17ths annual gala.

Accepting her honor from brother Roman and cousin Schwartzman, Coppola remembered, When I started, I was in my 20s and it was the 90s in L.A. where I was known as the daughter of. This was before nepo babies were charming and most of them ended up in rehab, and I was the amateur actress who single-handedly ruined the Godfather films, she said to laughs from the crowd. Coppola appeared in all three movies most notably as the criticized performance of Mary, the daughter of Michael Corleone, in Godfather III. Most people didnt think I had something to say that mattered, but I found a few that did, Coppola continued, as she went on to thank her longtime agent, her frequent troupe of actors and her creative collaborators, as well as her father who she appreciated for being the best film teacher, showing us world cinema and always wanting his kids around on set; who from my first short film encouraged me so much.

Coppola, who would go on to direct The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette, The Bling Ring and new Marc Jacobs doc Marc By Sofia, also gave a special thanks to Jane Campion for showing me that women could be strong, respected auteurs, and Im grateful to Angelica Huston who told me when I was 20, Not everyones going to love you, dont waste your time on the people who dont.'

Roman Coppola, Bill Murray, Sofia Coppola and Elvis Costello. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Museum of Modern Art The filmmaker also noted that she began in the industry at a very different time and recalled, an executive telling me that you couldnt have a story with a female main character; that girls would go to stories about boys but boys wouldnt go see a story about a girl. Coppola celebrated the many female-fronted stories of today and young female filmmakers in the business, while adding, I also remember times when a female executive liked a project, only to take it to the boss, who didnt relate to it. I hope that we can now recognize how much we need women in positions of power to finance and support these filmmakers.

Elvis Costello took the stage to close out the evening, which also welcomed David Letterman, Rose Byrne, Lupita Nyongo, Romy Mars and Olivia Wilde. Coppola joins previous MoMA Film Benefit honorees Samuel L. Jackson, Guillermo del Toro, Penlope Cruz, George Clooney, Laura Dern, Martin Scorsese, Julianne Moore, Tom Hanks, Cate Blanchett, Alfonso Cuarn, Tilda Swinton, Quentin Tarantino, Pedro Almodvar, Kathryn Bigelow, Tim Burton and Baz Luhrmann.