{"id":499173,"date":"2026-06-28T05:27:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T05:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/499173\/"},"modified":"2026-06-28T05:27:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T05:27:25","slug":"kristen-stewart-closes-out-biarritz-film-festival-while-honoring-big-girls-dont-cry-director-with-grand-prix-win-just-jared-celebrity-news-and-gossip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/499173\/","title":{"rendered":"Kristen Stewart Closes Out Biarritz Film Festival While Honoring ‘Big Girls Don’t Cry’ Director With Grand Prix Win – Just Jared – Celebrity News and Gossip"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Kristen Stewart<\/a> helped close out the 2026 Nouvelles Vagues International Biarritz Film Festival!<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old actress and filmmaker attended the closing ceremony on Saturday (June 27) in Biarritz, France, where she appeared onstage with Paloma Schneideman, whose movie Big Girls Don\u2019t Cry won the festival\u2019s Grand Prix.<\/p>\n

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Kristen served as president of the jury for the fourth edition of the festival, which focuses on international features centered around stories of youth. The official festival site<\/a> describes her jury role as leading the group reviewing the International Feature Film Competition.<\/p>\n

For the event, the Oscar-nominated star wore a Chanel outfit.<\/p>\n

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Big Girls Don\u2019t Cry was part of the festival\u2019s Feature Film Competition and screened as a French premiere. The festival listing names Paloma as director and notes that actress Ani Palmer was also in attendance.<\/p>\n

Sundance describes the film<\/a> as a New Zealand coming-of-age story about 14-year-old Sid Bookman navigating desire, identity, and the internet during a transformative summer in rural New Zealand.<\/p>\n

Earlier in the week, Kristen arrived at the festival to begin her jury duties<\/a>!<\/p>\n

If you missed it, the Twilight alum is also set to star in the upcoming film The Wrong Girls with Alia Shawkat, directed and written by Kristen\u2018s wife Dylan Meyer! Watch the trailer<\/a>.<\/p>\n

See more photos of Kristen Stewart at the festival in the gallery\u2026<\/p>\n

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