EXCLUSIVE: The Chronology Of Water, the debut feature written and directed by Kristen Stewart, will screen as part of the Film Forward competition at this year’s Thessaloniki Film Festival. Scroll down for the full list of titles.
The Film Forward competition in Thessaloniki is for “boundary-breaking” features. This year, 12 features will join The Chronology Of Water. The competition jury will be composed of choreographer Constanza Macras, filmmaker Christos Massalas, and film programmer Valeria Wagner.
The Film Forward competition comes with the following prizes: Golden Alexander—Best Feature Film Award, which comes with an 8,000-euro cash prize, and the Silver Alexander – Best Direction Award, which comes with a 4,000-euro cash prize.
The Chronology of Water debuted in the Un Certain Regard section at this year’s Cannes Film Festival. Based on Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir, The Chronology of Water is the portrait of a woman who, after an abusive childhood, escapes into competitive swimming, sexual experimentation, toxic relationships, and addiction before finding her voice through writing. The film stars Imogen Poots as Yuknavitch. She is joined by Jim Belushi, Thora Birch, Charlie Carrick, Susannah Flood, Kim Gordon, and Tom Sturridge.
Following its presentation in Cannes, the film, which is being sold internationally by Paris-based Les Films du Losange, was acquired for Benelux (O’Brother), Germany and Austria (Eksystent), Spain (Sideral), Italy (Wanted), Portugal ( Leopardo Filmes), the Former Yugoslavia (MCF), Hungary (Bem Mozi), the Baltic States (Kino Pavasaris), Poland (So Films), Ukraine ( Svoekino), and Romania (Voodoo). The BFI will release the film in the UK and Ireland.
The film’s U.S. release will be handled by The Forge and its French release by Les Films du Losange.
The 2025 Thessaloniki International Film Festival will run from October 30th to November 9th.
Film Forward 2025 lineup:
● 1001 Frames, Mehrnoush Alia, USA-Iran, 2025, 87΄
● Agon, Giulio Bertelli, Italy-USA-France, 2025, 100΄
● Balearic, Ion De Sosa, Spain-France, 2025, 74΄
● Barrio Triste, Stillz, Colombia-USA, 2025, 89΄
● Before / After, Manoël Dupont, Belgium, 2025, 79΄
● Don’t Let the Sun, Jacqueline Zünd, Switzerland-Italy, 2025, 98΄
● Kingdom, Michał Ciechomski, Poland, 2025, 112΄
● Last Night I Conquered the City of Thebes, Gabriel Azorín, Spain-Portugal, 2025, 111΄
● The Chronology of Water, Kristen Stewart, France-Latvia-USA, 2025, 128΄
● Female, Konstantinos Menelaou, Greece, 2025, 81΄
● Regan, Panos Katsimperis, Greece, 2025, 84΄
● Zealotis, Stelios Repanis, Greece, 2025, 83΄
