Almost two weeks after hosting a spirited launch dinner with Chanel to celebrate her second book, “ Chanel Haute Couture ,” Sofia Coppola is getting ready for her next New York fete with the fashion house.

The director has been announced as the honoree for this year’s MoMA Film Benefit presented by Chanel . The benefit, set for Nov. 12, will include a pre-dinner presentation of Coppola’s work and remarks from high-profile friends and collaborators. MoMA will also screen all nine of Coppola’s feature films, and her 1998 short “Lick the Star,” as part of its “Sofia Coppola: A Tribute” presentation from Oct. 30 through Nov. 16. Fair to say: the director has come a long way since interning with Chanel in the summer of 1986.

“Sofia Coppola has been a part of the museum’s artist fami

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