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As dementia erodes a woman's ability to communicate her inner life, her husband and daughter struggle to act in her best interest, navigating love and the fragile boundaries between care, protection, and autonomy. (NR, 121 min.)
(TBD)
Amanda and her stepfather Martin struggle with a moral issue that divides them. Has Amanda’s mother Leslie, who has dementia, lost the ability to make critical decisions in her own best interests? And, if so, who is responsible – a spouse, a child, an institution – for making such a determination? As Amanda and Martin are forced to make increasingly difficult choices, the repercussions spiral out of their control. Academy Award winner Juliette Binoche (The Taste of Things), Academy Award nominee Tom Courtenay (45 Years), Anna Calder-Marshall (Wuthering Heights), and Florence Hunt (Bridgerton) star in this unflinching drama. The film won the Silver Bear Jury Prize and Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Marshall won the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance at the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival.
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Tom Courtenay, Anna Calder-Marshall, Florence Hunt
Director: Lance Hammer
Genre: Drama, Thriller
"The performances are extraordinary, the film-making elegant and unfussy."
— Kevin Maher, The Times (UK)
"Juliette Binoche puts in a performance for the ages in this astonishing, if confronting, London-set family drama."
— Stephen A. Russell, ScreenHub
"While it’s a tough watch, and a shattering watch, it’s also tender and affecting and the cast are outstanding."
— Deborah Ross, The Spectator
"Its warmth builds like an ache, and is enriched both by the three wonderfully complementary lead performances, and by an astute parallel storyline."
— Robbie Collin, Daily Telegraph (UK)
"Hammer offers no neat conclusions in this empathetic and intelligent picture, which asks who gets to advocate for vulnerable loved ones who can no longer speak for themselves."
— Wendy Ide, Observer (UK)
"More than holding its own alongside other prominent dramas about the ravages of age, Queen at Sea tackles its themes fearlessly, thanks to rigorous execution and a quartet of superb performances."
— Jonathan Romney, Screen International
"Appropriately and unavoidably bleak, and keenly understated, this is nevertheless a quietly enthralling piece of cinema, grappling with dementia both morally and mentally. Despairing, hugely compassionate work."
— Alex Godfrey, Empire Magazine
"Lance Hammer’s film starring Juliette Binoche as the concerned daughter of a mother with advancing dementia presents an unsentimental yet highly empathetic meditation on the limits of love in the face of the brutal march of time."
— Rachel Pronger, Sight & Sound
