Kristen Stewart did not hold back while speaking at the Cannes Film Festival, criticizing Hollywood’s studio system and arguing that it has become increasingly difficult to make unconventional films in the industry. Speaking to Variety ahead of the premiere of Full Phil, Stewart said she is so frustrated with the current system that she is even considering bypassing studios entirely to release projects independently.

Currently at Cannes for the midnight premiere of Full Phil, Stewart stars alongside Woody Harrelson in French filmmaker Quentin Dupieux’s surreal father-daughter comedy, which was shot quickly and on a microbudget — exactly the kind of filmmaking process Stewart says has become increasingly difficult to achieve in Hollywood.

But according to Stewart, the issue goes far beyond simple frustration with Hollywood studios.

While discussing the state of the industry, Kristen Stewart argued that Hollywood has become too focused on commercial priorities rather than artistic expression.

"And I don’t mean to wax poetically because I mean this so very literally, I just don’t think that it’s possible to create sort of radical, vital work under capitalistic parameters," Stewart said while speaking to Variety.

Furthermore, Stewart emphasised that the priorities of those in power rarely align with artists trying to make more personal or unusual work. She criticizing what she described as an increasingly insular studio culture, arguing that many executives are disconnected from unconventional filmmaking.

" Especially like, most of the people in charge are a bunch of bros that have come up under a bunch of other bros and those people don’t really identify with the type of things that I personally want to say, that the people I align with want to say," Stewart said.

The actor also pointed out to the practical side of filmmaking frustrations, saying even shooting in Los Angeles — the birthplace of the American film industry has become “absolutely impossible.” For Stewart, working with filmmakers like Quentin Dupieux on fast-moving, microbudget productions such as Full Phil serves as proof that a more creatively freeing approach still exists outside the traditional system.

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Rather than waiting around for another studio greenlight, however, Stewart says she may already be imagining a completely different path forward.

Kristen Stewart admitted that one of her biggest frustrations is watching independent films struggle through the same narrow distribution pipeline. While Cannes breakouts occasionally get picked up by boutique studios such as A24 or Neon, Stewart suggested the system still feels too dependent on luck and approval from a small circle of gatekeepers.

“My goal is to make something for really nothing with my friends before the end of the year and put it on f****** YouTube,” Stewart floated a far more radical idea: making films independently with friends for almost no money and releasing them directly online and added that whatever money the project earns could simply help fund the next one.

Despite her frustrations, Stewart made clear she still loves filmmaking, just not necessarily the bureaucracy surrounding it. Explaining that she no longer wants to spend years waiting for permission to make projects she feels passionate about.

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