US EditionKristen Stewart Urges Solidarity and Honesty in Emotional Keynote at Academy Women's Luncheon
The luncheon celebrated this year’s Gold Fellowship recipients and emphasized mentorship and female collaboration in film, with key support from Chanel and the Academy.
- Kristen Stewart delivered the luncheon’s keynote beneath the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures’ Dolby Family Terrace glass dome on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, as Chanel and the Academy presented the event.
- The luncheon celebrates the Academy Gold Fellowship for Women, which provides mentorship and funding to emerging female filmmakers, with 2025 fellows Alina Simone and Marlén Viñayo introduced by Oscar-winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter.
- Stewart called `the elephant in the room`, saying `The backsliding from our brief moment of progress is statistically devastating` and described making truthful films as `bare-knuckle brawling`.
- Guests including Kate Hudson, actress, Riley Keough, actress and Julia Louis-Dreyfus, actress attended, with conversation flowing over luncheon menu lobster salad and apple galette.
- According to The Ankler, just three studio movies this year were directed by women, including Freakier Friday and I Know What You Did Last Summer, and Stewart warned `Our business is in a state of emergency, man`.
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Los Angeles (USA), Nov 4 (EFE).- American actress Kristen Stewart and Spanish documentary artist Marlén Viñayo made an emotional call for solidarity and support among women filmmakers during the Academy Women’s Luncheon, an event that celebrates the Golden Grant awarded by the Hollywood Academy and Chanel to emerging filmmakers. “I thank you, but I am not grateful to a business model of ‘boy club’ that pretends to want to hang out with us while …
Kristen Stewart Lets Loose in Fiery Speech: Hollywood Is “In a State of Emergency”
As the keynote speaker at the Academy Women’s Luncheon, the actor-director didn’t hold back her frustration: “It's like we're not even supposed to be angry, but I could eat this podium with a fork and f—ing knife – I'm so angry.”
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