<p>Los Angeles: Hollywood actor Kristen Stewart says it wasn't easy to secure financing for her directorial debut <em>The Chronology of Water.</em></p>.<p>Stewart's film premiered at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival on Friday in the Un Certain Regard section.</p>.<p>Featuring Imogen Poots in the lead, the film is based on Lidia Yuknavitch's 2011 memoir.</p>.<p>Known for her work in projects such as <em>Twilight Saga</em> and <em>Clouds of Sils Maria,</em> Stewart said she had to go to Europe to get finances for her film.</p>.Cannes 2025: Tom Cruise gets hero’s welcome, 'Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning' wows audience.<p>"We had to leave the United States (and go to Europe) to make this possible," she said at the film gala, according to the entertainment news outlet The Hollywood Reporter.</p>.<p>"The list of women and men (actors) that can finance a movie in the entertainment industry are so beyond me. They change so quickly and I don't understand them at all," she added.</p>.<p>Stewart was in conversation with <em>Chronology</em> actor and musician Kim Gordon at Hyde Beach by Campari held by Breaking Through Lens, a non-profit group focused on helping any filmmakers who experience marginalisation due to their gender get their projects financed.</p>.<p>The 35-year-old actor-director -- who recently married screenwriter-producer Dylan Meyer -- said she thought she wasn't the right choice to star in <em>Chronology,</em> but is open to featuring in her own directorial in future.</p>.<p>"I would love to (act) in something I direct, and I will do it soon, I hope. I feel like I am watching my kid (referring to her first directorial) in kindergarten like, ‘Look at her go!'," she said.</p>.<p>At the event, Simbelle Productions founder Lauren Melinda announced the Simbelle Impact Award, a $10,000 unrestricted grant which is given to one finalist of the next Breaking Through Lens grant cycle.</p>.<p>Cannes 2025 will come to a close on May 24. </p>
<p>Los Angeles: Hollywood actor Kristen Stewart says it wasn't easy to secure financing for her directorial debut <em>The Chronology of Water.</em></p>.<p>Stewart's film premiered at the ongoing Cannes Film Festival on Friday in the Un Certain Regard section.</p>.<p>Featuring Imogen Poots in the lead, the film is based on Lidia Yuknavitch's 2011 memoir.</p>.<p>Known for her work in projects such as <em>Twilight Saga</em> and <em>Clouds of Sils Maria,</em> Stewart said she had to go to Europe to get finances for her film.</p>.Cannes 2025: Tom Cruise gets hero’s welcome, 'Mission: Impossible – Final Reckoning' wows audience.<p>"We had to leave the United States (and go to Europe) to make this possible," she said at the film gala, according to the entertainment news outlet The Hollywood Reporter.</p>.<p>"The list of women and men (actors) that can finance a movie in the entertainment industry are so beyond me. They change so quickly and I don't understand them at all," she added.</p>.<p>Stewart was in conversation with <em>Chronology</em> actor and musician Kim Gordon at Hyde Beach by Campari held by Breaking Through Lens, a non-profit group focused on helping any filmmakers who experience marginalisation due to their gender get their projects financed.</p>.<p>The 35-year-old actor-director -- who recently married screenwriter-producer Dylan Meyer -- said she thought she wasn't the right choice to star in <em>Chronology,</em> but is open to featuring in her own directorial in future.</p>.<p>"I would love to (act) in something I direct, and I will do it soon, I hope. I feel like I am watching my kid (referring to her first directorial) in kindergarten like, ‘Look at her go!'," she said.</p>.<p>At the event, Simbelle Productions founder Lauren Melinda announced the Simbelle Impact Award, a $10,000 unrestricted grant which is given to one finalist of the next Breaking Through Lens grant cycle.</p>.<p>Cannes 2025 will come to a close on May 24. </p>