Stewart's directorial debut leaves her feeling like a proud parent

Hollywood star Kristen Stewart's directorial debut “The Chronology of Water” premiered at Cannes Film Festival and earned a four-minute standing ovation. Imogen Poots’ performance was certainly a highlight of Stewart's adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch's 2011 memoir of the same name. Poots stars as Yuknavitch in Stewart’s non-linear take on the bestselling writer's life, which includes shocking scenes of physical abuse by her father and her spiral into drug use juxtaposed with the poetic salvation she found from being in water.

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Stewart hugged everyone in the cast and crew and directed the attention toward them. After kissing her wife Dylan Meyer, she allowed the spotlight to shine on her, accepting the mic from Cannes chief Thierry Fremaux for a short speech. "This is an absolutely insane, surreal experience to be able to be here and watch this with all of you guys. We finished the movie like five minutes ago, it’s not even finished yet. We just slipped under this fucking shut door and goddamn it thank you," Stewart said to Fremaux, before literally leaping into his arms.