Match Factory Racks Up Global Sales for Berlin Winners ‘Rose’ and ‘Queen at Sea’

Sandra Hüller won Berlin's best performance Silver Bear for 'Rose,' with Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Marshall sharing best supporting performance honors for 'Queen at Sea.' 'Rose,' 'Queen at Sea' SchubertROW-PicturesWalkerWorm-FilmGerald_Kerkletz/Seafaring LLC Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Send an Email Print the Article Post a Comment The Match Factory has closed multiple distribution deals for its Berlin festival award winners: Lance Hammer’s Queen at Sea and Rose by Markus Schleinzer. Sandra Hüller won the Berlinale Silver Bear for best leading performance for Rose, in which she plays a 17th-Century German woman trying to pass for a man. The film, embraced by critics — including The Hollywood Reporter‘s David Rooney, who called it “an eloquent demolition of the gender binary” — was snatched up by buyers across Europe. Match Factory inked deals for France (KMBO), Spain (Avalon), Benelux (Paradiso), Poland (Gutek), Denmark (Ost For Paradis), Sweden & Iceland (Edge), Norway (Fidalgo), Finland (Future Film Oy), Hungary (Cirko Film), Portugal (No Comboio), Greece (Weirdwave), Czech Republic & Slovakia (Zero Gravity), Bulgaria (Beta Film), Former Yugoslavia (MCF Megacom), and the Baltics (Scanorama). Additional sales include for South Korea (Pancinema), Middle East & North Africa (Gulf Film), and Israel (Lev Cinemas). Piffl will release the film in Germany, Filmladen in Austria and Filmcoopi in Switzerland. Related Stories Business NBCUni Exec Ben Crompton Named Fremantle's New Global Head of Entertainment Movies 'Conscious' Director on Exploring the Brain Through the Lens of Dementia and How Shakespeare Inspired the Copenhagen-Bound Doc Queen at Sea, Lance Hammer’s look at the impact of dementia on a family, which THR reviewer Leslie Felperin called “sincere, urgent and unflinchingly honest”, won both the Silver Bear Jury Prize and the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Performance for Tom Courtenay and Anna Calder-Marshall, playing husband and wife. Juliette Binoche and Florence Hunt also star. The Match Factory secured distribution deals for the film in multiple territories including UK & Ireland (Curzon), Poland (Aurora), Benelux (Imagine Film), South Korea (Challan), Switzerland (Frenetic Films), Greece (Cinobo), Portugal (FILMS4YOU), Former Yugoslavia (Investacommerce AG), the Baltics (Scanorama), Taiwan (Andrews Film) and LATAM (Cine Canibal). Negotiations for additional territories for both films are ongoing. Read More About: Berlin 2026 international Juliette Binoche Queen at Sea Sandra Hüller THR Newsletters Sign up for THR news straight to your inbox every day Subscribe Sign Up More from The Hollywood Reporter united kingdom ‘Conscious’ Director on Exploring the Brain Through the Lens of Dementia and How Shakespeare Inspired the Copenhagen-Bound Doc