Kristen Stewart‘s domination of the 2024 Sundance Movie Competition continued on the Selection Sundance Cowl Celebration offered by United Airways, the place Stewart was honored for her starring roles in two huge pageant premieres: “Love Me,” a post-apocalyptic romance movie by which she stars reverse Steven Yeun, and “Loves Lies Bleeding,” an A24-backed crime thriller by which she performed a reclusive health club supervisor who falls for a neighborhood bodybuilder.

“It’s onerous to get right here,” Stewart informed Selection on the get together about returning to Sundance, the place she has premiered greater than a dozen films all through her profession. “Not as a result of it’s a longtime and elite movie pageant, however as a result of it helps marginalized voices. Voices that aren’t heard anyplace else. It’s a solidifying, communal feeling and it solely makes you stronger to return right into a world of a ‘no’ and say, ‘I do know that there’s a spot for me.’”

Stewart mentioned coming to Sundance appears like touring “to the land of all of the actors that I like and admire. That is the land of Evan Rachel Wooden and Jena Malone and Natalie Portman. I used to be right here the 12 months ‘Backyard State’ was right here. I used to be only a kiddo and obsessed along with her efficiency.”

In “Love Lies Bleeding,” which marks the second directorial effort of “Saint Maud” helmer Rose Glass, Stewart goes toe-to-toe with such heavyweight actors like Ed Harris and Jena Malone.

“You don’t all the time work with nice actors however I used to be simply shocked,” Stewart mentioned of engaged on the movie. “They’re such good actors. It may be intimidated however you rise to the event. You actually stand in your tippy toes in these events.”

“[Jenna and I] have a sisterly showdown,” Stewart continued. “She shocked the pants off me. She screamed in my face in a method that was not even remotely scripted. It took me to date again that I fell on a mattress and he or she landed on prime of me and began pummeling me. I’ve regarded as much as her as a sister however from a distance. You realize while you see individuals on display and also you’re like, ‘I really feel like I do know you.’ We had some historic admiration.”

Stewart’s “Love Lies Bleeding” co-star Anna Baryshnikov was in attendance on the Selection Sundance Cowl Celebration offered by United Airways and sang Stewart’s praises.

“She’s the actual grownup model of cool,” Baryshnikov mentioned. “She’s extremely sort and onerous working. She’s simply so passionate and deeply knowledgable about movie. A superb instance of what a beneficiant scene accomplice she is that my first scene along with her I used to be smoking a cigarette was shaking a lot and it blew it out. The scene ended and I used to be so embarrassed and he or she mentioned, ‘No, we wish individuals which are going to care in regards to the film that a lot.’ She’s so proficient and brave. I play a personality that was in love along with her and appearing was really easy.”

Stewart’s “Love Me” administrators Andrew Zuchero and Sam Zuchero additionally stopped by the get together to assist their main woman, as did “Energy” actor Gianni Paolo and activist Alok.