Chase Infiniti Drama ‘The Julia Set’ Completes Worldwide Distribution Sales

HanWay Films has completed worldwide territory sales for “The Julia Set,” the coming-of-age drama led by “One Battle After Another” breakout Chase Infiniti. The film premiered in Toronto earlier in 2026, and its distribution partners are preparing a campaign for 2027.

Sony Pictures Classics previously acquired the film for the United States and a broad range of international markets through an agreement negotiated by HanWay Films and Gersh. Those territories include Benelux, Switzerland, Italy, Scandinavia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Eastern Europe apart from Poland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Israel and Asia apart from Singapore.

The newly announced agreements include Sphere for Canada, SND for France, Vuelta Germany for Germany, The Film Group for Greece and MegaCom Films for the former Yugoslavia. HanWay also secured deals with Kino Świat in Poland, Nos Lusomundo Audiovisuais in Portugal and Bir Film in Turkey.

Elsewhere, Synapse Distribution has acquired Latin America, Front Row has taken the Middle East and Shaw Renters has secured Singapore. Cinesky Pictures has acquired airline rights. Together, the additional agreements complete HanWay’s global sales for the film.

Directed by Niki Byrne, the story centers on Julia Fischer, a gifted mathematics student played by Infiniti. Recruited into an elite preparatory course that leads to an exceptionally demanding mathematics exam, Julia also develops feelings for Pascal, her charismatic teaching assistant, played by Christopher Briney.

Pascal struggles beneath the expectations imposed by his overbearing father, Aleksander, portrayed by Jason Isaacs. His mother, Anne, played by Gillian Anderson, helps Julia identify and take an opportunity that will shape her future. Nina Hoss, Carmen Ejogo, Chloe Bailey, Nico Hiraga, Liz Lin and Alex Dillard also appear in the film.

Byrne thanked HanWay and the film’s territorial partners for supporting the project, describing the sales result as “sold out, worldwide.” HanWay Films CEO Gabrielle Stewart said the company would work with Sony Pictures Classics and its other distributors to develop the 2027 campaign, while congratulating Byrne and the filmmaking team.

The production involves Potato Salad Cosmic Domination and Shaun Sanghani, in association with SSS Entertainment, G Nus Media, IF/THEN, Grapevine Films, Cinetrain SA, Melegrano Films, HanWay Films, Gotham Group, Good Future Films and Vacancy Film Fund. Producers include Jeffrey Penman, Nick Scherma, Sanghani, Anderson, Eleonora Granata Jenkinson, Andrey Epifanov, David Treatman, Max Johnson, Lee Stollman, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein and Tayler Haynes.

In a joint statement, Scherma and Penman expressed gratitude to HanWay, Sony Pictures Classics and the film’s other partners for their support from Byrne’s initial draft through its Toronto festival appearance. They said they looked forward to audiences around the world seeing the film in 2027.