Thora Birch, from left, Imogen Poots, director Kristen Stewart and Kim Gordon pose for photographers at the photo call for the film ‘The Chronology of Water’ at the 78th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Friday, May 16, 2025. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

Kristen Stewart's directorial debut "The Chronology of Water" premiered at Cannes Film Festival to a four-minute standing ovation on Friday night - and left many in the crowd wiping their eyes. Imogen Poots' knockout performance was certainly a highlight of Stewart's adaptation of Lidia Yuknavitch's memoir of the same name,