{"id":2166329,"date":"2025-11-19T12:00:52","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2166329"},"modified":"2025-11-19T12:00:52","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:00:52","slug":"kristen-stewarts-directorial-debut-stars-imogen-poots-as-a-swimmer-overcoming-addiction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/kristen-stewarts-directorial-debut-stars-imogen-poots-as-a-swimmer-overcoming-addiction\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristen Stewart\u2019s Directorial Debut Stars Imogen Poots as a Swimmer Overcoming Addiction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Kristen Stewart\u2019s directorial debut, \u201cThe Chronology of Water,\u201d has released its first official trailer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Adapted by Stewart from Lidia Yuknavitch\u2019s memoir, \u201cThe Chronology of Water\u201d tells the story of a young competitive swimmer wrestling with childhood trauma and addiction who ultimately overcomes her troubled past by channeling her life experiences through writing. Following its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/movies\/articles\/kristen-stewart-directorial-debut-chronology-180000791.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Forge has acquired;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\">the Forge has acquired<\/a> North American rights to Stewart\u2019s film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>More from Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Forge will release the film to theaters in December, followed by a wider rollout in January.\u00a0Imogen Poots stars as Yuknavitch. Rounding out the ensemble cast are Jim Belushi, Thora Birch, Charlie Carrick, Susannah Flood, Kim Gordon and Tom Sturridge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Stewart spent eight years developing \u201cThe Chronology of Water\u201d and said she is grateful the film will be released theatrically with full awards support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cFilms like ours should be birthed onto the screen, and I am grateful we found a team as committed to supporting independent filmmakers as they are,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The film is produced by Charles Gillibert of CG Cinema International; Yulia Zayceva, Max Poklov and Svetlana Punte of Forma Pro Films; Michael Pruss and Rebecca Feuer of Scott Free; Stewart, Maggie McLean and Dylan Meyer of Nevermind Pictures; and Andy Mingo in association with Scott Aharoni, Alihan Yalcindag and Sinan Eczacibasi for Curious Gremlin. Additional producers include Christian Vesper for Fremantle; Yan Vizinberg, Abigail Honor and Chris Cooper for Lorem Ipsum Entertainment; and M\u00e9lanie Biessy for Scala Films.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Check out the trailer for \u201cThe Chronology of Water\u201d below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Best of Variety<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sign up for <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/cloud.email.variety.com\/signup\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Variety's Newsletter;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Variety&#8217;s Newsletter<\/a>. 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Adapted by Stewart from Lidia Yuknavitch\u2019s memoir, \u201cThe Chronology of Water\u201d tells the story of a young competitive swimmer wrestling with childhood trauma and addiction who ultimately overcomes her troubled past by channeling her life experiences through writing. 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