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After giving life to several iconic characters in Hollywood, Kristen Stewart upgrades her game as she's now an official movie director!

Recently, the American star graced this year's Cannes Film Festival with her directorial debut film The Chronology of Water.

Kristen couldn't hide her joy to mark a major milestone in life, describing it as an unforgettable moment of her life.

"I'm so proud of it. It's like watching your kid go to school," Kristen told Reuters the day after her film's premiere. "It feels like all of a sudden the things that I've wanted to do for just so long happened all at the same time."

She excitedly added, "My head is spinning, but in the best way," she added.

The Chronology of Water was adapted from Lidia Yuknavitch's 2011 memoir, which recounts her journey of escaping an abusive home through competitive swimming in the 1980s and her eventual rise as a respected author.

"There's a line in the book that made me want to make it a movie, which is like, 'Can you hold life and death in the same sentence?' And that's what cinema can do," said Kristen. "With this movie, we can just speak to the fact that the things that happen don't matter as much as how you process those things and define them within your own body."

The film competes in the second-tier Un Certain Regard section, where actors Scarlett Johansson and Harris Dickinson are also marking their first time as directors.

Before becoming a director, Kristen was known as a famous actress who rose to fame with the Twilight series. She also received an Oscar nomination for her performance as Britain's Princess Diana in the film Spencer.

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