Kristen Stewart’s Directorial Debut ‘The Chronology of Water’ Getting Awards Season Release Date

Kristen Stewart’s Directorial Debut ‘The Chronology of Water’ Getting Awards Season Release Date

Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut The Chronology of Water has been picked up for U.S. distribution with plans for an awards-qualifying December theatrical release.

The Forge has acquired North American rights to the film based on Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir of the same name. An exact release date has yet to be announced. Still, according to today’s announcement, the distributor plans to release the film theatrically in North America this December, followed by a wider release in early January.

The film, which premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, follows a once-hopeful Olympic swimmer as she loses her scholarship and battles addiction while discovering her own sexuality and love of literature. Stewart, The Hollywood Reporter’s review reads, “appears to have found her voice, announcing the seriousness of her intentions not with auteurist self-importance but with unimpeachable commitment to honoring her subject’s story.”

Imogen Poots leads the cast as Yuknavitch, and is joined onscreen by Jim Belushi, Thora Birch, Charlie Carrick, Susannah Flood, Kim Gordon, and Tom Sturridge.

WME Independent handled the deal on behalf of the filmmakers. Les Films du Losange is handling international sales and French distribution.

Said Stewart in a statement, “After eight long years of gestation, I am overwhelmed by the privilege of having The Chronology of Water be released in theaters with the full support and ambition of like-minded artists like the partners we’ve found at The Forge. Films 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.”