Overview
- Lance Hammer’s Queen at Sea premiered at the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival and won the Silver Bear Jury Prize while Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Marshall shared the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance.
- Greenwich Entertainment released the film’s first U.S. trailer and announced a theatrical release date of October 30, 2026.
- The film marks Hammer’s return to feature directing after his 2008 debut Ballast and was written, directed, edited, and co-produced by Hammer.
- Juliette Binoche leads the cast as a daughter who questions her mother’s decision-making capacity, with Tom Courtenay, Anna Calder-Marshall, Florence Hunt and cinematography by Oscar nominee Adolpho Veloso.
- Festival awards and the trailer position the intimate, performance-driven drama for wider arthouse attention and may increase its visibility in the fall awards and specialty-theater circuit.