As Kristen Stewart rolls out her feature directorial debut, she’s calling for more opportunities for women in filmmaking.

The Oscar nominee, whose film The Chronology of Water is set for a limited North American release in December, called out the “misogynist cacophony” she had to break through in order to make the adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s book.

“In a post-Me Too moment, it seemed possible that stories made by and for women were finally getting their due, that we might be allowed or even encouraged to express ourselves and our shared experiences, all of our experiences without filter,” she said at Chanel’s 2025 Women’s Luncheon on Tuesday, according to People .

“But I can now attest to the bare-knuckle brawling that it takes every single frame,” added Stewart. “When

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