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The Chronology of Water is a ‘punk rock ayahuasca trip’ of a film that takes no prisoners. Stewart and her star, Imogen Poots, talk about the passion and pain that fuelled it

INSIDE FILM: The one-time teen idol has never taken the easy route in her stardom, and her first feature film behind the camera – next month’s ‘The Chronology of Water’ – is an appropriately awkward, non-commercial and impressionistic affair. We need more of this kind of thing, insists Xan Brooks

INTERVIEW : The US-based star talks to Patrick Smith about attitude problems, rites of passage, acting in Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut, and why Oasis make her want to return to Britain

The Cannes Film Festival has played host to the directorial debuts of three stars

"Being a woman is a really violent experience."

Kristen Stewart has been talking about directing as long as she’s been acting

Imogen Poots takes the lead in Stewart’s choppy but compelling adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir of abuse and sexual uncertainty

The actor’s iconic Halloween film was released in 1993

Eleanor the Great, The Chronology of Water and Urchin are all in the festival’s prestigious Un Certain Regard sidebar. A first step to being the next Clint Eastwood?