Actor Kristen Stewart, the Jury President for the 73rd Berlin Film Festival, said that cinema will live forever. Refuting the notion that movies are dead, Stewart said that we have never stopped telling each other stories. 

Stewart first attended the Berlinale in 2010 with the independent production, Welcome to the Rileys, alongside director Jake Scott. About her role as the festival's President, she said that she is ready to be changed by all the films and changed by the people around us. "I think that's what we're here for."

It may be noted that Stewart recently finished directing her first feature. The Chronology of Water. She's currently working on a paranormal reality series. She serves as an executive producer for this project. It focuses on LGBTQ+ ghost hunters.