Stewart’s directorial debut, ‘The Chronology of Water’, screened in the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.

Stewart’s The Chronology of Water just premiered at Cannes, where she was frank about the “bullshit” barriers she faced in getting it made.

On the contrary, I only make note of the laziest presumptions that people might create for Stewart’s debut because of the visceral fearlessness with which she defies them. There isn’t a single millisecond of this movie that doesn’t bristle with the raw energy of an artist who’s found the permission she needed to put her whole being into every frame,