FINAL SHOWING March 18th at SIFF Uptown (venue changed from SIFF Film Center due to popular demand). Author Lidia Yuknavitch scheduled to join for an in-person introduction and Q&A!
Kristen Stewart's feature-length directorial debut, shot in glorious 16mm.
Based on the beloved memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch, THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER is a raw and unflinching portrait of survival, sexuality, and self-invention. The film traces Lidia’s life from her earliest memories in the Pacific Northwest, as a promising swimmer, through fractured relationships, near-motherhood, addiction, and encounters with artistic heroes. Told as a fluid memory wash, the story transforms trauma into art, embodying Yuknavitch’s defiant voice that made her work a modern cult classic. It is not only a chronicle of a woman becoming a writer, but a visceral journey through the wreckage and resilience of a life lived against the grain.