Dakota Johnson made his first appearance at the Cannes Film Festival, a dark comedy by "climbing" director Michael Angelo Covino, which debuted in the festival's Cannes premiere. Not only did Johnson star in the movie, she also made it through Teatime Pictures, a production flag she co-founded with her good friend Ro Ro Donnelly six years ago. Two women joined variety Angelique Jackson performed for Kering women at the Cannes Film Festival, ahead of their big premiere.

"I want to start a production company and make my own movies because I want to get more from the industry," Johnson said. "I want to get more from the experience of the artist. I'm very thirsty about more conversations, more creativity and more collaboration. I find myself an actor, a few times, appearing at the premiere of the movie, watching the movie for the first time and saying, 'Wow. This is not what I think we're doing.'' It's a really weird thing."

Through Teatime pictures and her production, Johnson was able to make sure that every crew member understood the director’s vision so that everyone worked towards the same goal without any surprises.

"The way we build the scenes is really atmosphere-based. Energy-based," Johnson said. "It's not a no-bastard policy. The other thing is that we do make sure that everyone on every crew knows what we're doing, so everyone feels part of it. Working in the movie... it's been a long time, it's hard, it's uncomfortable. It's not very comfortable. When you feel like you're putting something real in something, people are happier, they're happier, they're happier, they're happier."

Johnson, a big fan of The Climb, a 2019 dark comedy by writers Covino and Kyle Marvin, can’t believe the film didn’t find any greater success. She signed on to produce "Splitsville" to ensure that the duo's next film is protected and true to their horizons.

Donnelly talked about the goal of Teatime Pictures, “The original idea from the new filmmaker is our deepest passion,” and the goal of Teatime Pictures also supported Sundance’s hit “cha cha cha tea teal Smooth.” Johnson met actor Vanessa Burghardt in that movie. Johnson revealed that she hopes to be the feature director's debut along with a script from Burghardt.

"In 'Cha Cha Really So smooth', the girl who plays my daughter...she is an autistic actress and musician. We have been working with her to develop the script. She wrote a script. It's really special. It's about a young woman with autism and I feel very protective of her, her story and her story.

Johnson later joked, “I want to coach, I need to grow that fucking ball to do it… Actually, I don’t.

While Teatime Pictures continues to grow and hit a new milestone as it can release a new movie at the Cannes Film Festival, Johnson and Donnelly said it was not an easy road to get there.

Johnson was surprised by the audience: "It was very challenging to get people to take us seriously." "That was really sad, very lame. I think I've charmed the industry and thought it was pure magic. It's mean to see behind the curtains in this way. It's hard."

"Some of the professionals who run the studio don't feel the desire to make things different, risky, dangerous or dangerous, primitive, real, human and messy," Johnson added. "It's really hard, too. As an actor, that's what I crave. As an audience, that's what I crave. It's a constant battle. But we're fighters. We're fighters. We're busy. We're really hard to tell stories we love."

"Splitsville" has been backed by neon lights and is likely to be released in theaters later this year.