Two new titles for Kosmorama 2026!
We’re once again diving into the film programme for Kosmorama 2026 and are excited to announce that we will be screening Kristen Stewart’s directorial debut The Chronology of Water, as well as Milagros Mumenthaler’s The Currents!
The Chronology of Water
Lidia has a turbulent upbringing marked by violence, abuse, and alcoholism. She seeks refuge in swimming and poetry, which also helps her move away from her family to start university. Still, this difficult past will prove to leave deep marks on her life.
The Chronology of Water tells a gripping story about the consequences of trauma and how we can find our way out of it. The film is based on the autobiographical book of the same name by Lidia Yuknavitch.
Actor Kristen Stewart, known from films such as Love Lies Bleeding (2024), Twilight (2008), and Adventureland (2009), delivers a powerful directorial debut that handles difficult themes with sensitivity and care. Please note that the film contains disturbing scenes.
The Currents
Fashion designer Lina is at the peak of her career. But after an award ceremony in Switzerland, she impulsively jumps off a bridge. She survives, but when she returns home, something has changed. Her everyday life becomes filled with fear, and water—once something she took for granted—now triggers panic. Everything from the shower to the rain outside the window becomes threatening, and the distance between Lina, her husband, and her daughter grows. How do you keep living after reaching your breaking point?
The Currents is a quiet film about mental health, shame, and the invisible forces that drive us. Director Milagros Mumenthaler portrays Lina’s inner turmoil with patience and precision, where small movements and glances say more than words. The camera lingers on faces, rooms, and reflections in water, allowing you to feel the silence and unease that permeate the protagonist.
This is not a film that shouts—it whispers. It is a story about finding your way back after standing on the edge, about fear that settles in the body, and about how water becomes a mirror of one’s own vulnerability.
