The Chronology of Water (2025)
Director: Kristen Stewart Run Time: 128 min. Release Year: 2026
Starring: Charlie Carrick, Imogen Poots, Susannah Flood, Thora Birch, Tom Sturridge
Country: United States, France, Latvia
Language: English
About the film:
Based on the beloved memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch and marking the directorial debut of Kristen Stewart, The Chronology of Water is a raw and unflinching portrait of survival, sexuality, and self-invention. The film traces Lidia’s life from her earliest memories in the Pacific Northwest, as a promising swimmer, through fractured relationships, near-motherhood, addiction, and encounters with artistic heroes. Told as a fluid memory wash, the story transforms trauma into art, embodying Yuknavitch’s defiant voice that made her work a modern cult classic. It is not only a chronicle of a woman becoming a writer, but a visceral journey through the wreckage and resilience of a life lived against the grain.
About the filmmaker:
Kristen Stewart is an acclaimed actress and emerging filmmaker whose career bridges global stardom and fiercely independent cinema. Known for her collaborations with some of contemporary film’s most distinctive directors, Stewart has built a body of work defined by emotional precision, artistic risk, and a commitment to complex, interior storytelling.
With The Chronology of Water, Stewart makes her feature directorial debut, adapting Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir into an intensely personal and formally bold film. The project reflects Stewart’s long-standing interest in literary adaptation, embodiment, and the ways cinema can express memory, trauma, and self-authorship.
As both an actress and filmmaker, Kristen Stewart continues to shape a career rooted in artistic independence, using cinema as a space for vulnerability, experimentation, and creative freedom.
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