Project Detail

On the Sea

Name: On the Sea
Director: Helen Walsh
Genre: LGBTQIA+, Welsh, Woman Director, Drama
Released: 2025
Duration: 111 min

Synopsis

Jack has been married to Maggie for over half his life. He works as a hand raker on the mussel beds in North Wales alongside his younger brother, Dyfan, and Dyfan’s three sons. Jack has always assumed that his own boy, Tom, will join the family business on leaving school, but Tom’s resistance to follow in his footsteps creates familial tension. Tensions are further inflamed by the arrival of an itinerant deckhand, Daniel, who makes known his feelings for Jack. In this remote, rural community where life revolves around Church and fishery, Jack is faced with an impossible dilemma.
A beautiful, sensual and at times, tragic exploration of masculinity, place and desire.
Official Selection Edinburgh International Film Festival 2025 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2025
Type of project: Features
Running time: 111 min
Director: Helen Walsh
Producer: David Moores, David A. Hughes
Co-Producer: Billie Hallows
Executive Producer: Mike Goodridge, Chris Clark
Editor: Ricardo Saraiva
Screenwriter: Helen Walsh
Director of Photography: Sam Goldie
Sound: Jonathan Searle
Principal cast: Barry Ward, Lorne MacFadyen, Liz White, Henry Lawfull, Celyn Jones, Danny Webb

Genre

LGBTQIA+ Welsh Woman Director Drama

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Red Union Films

50A Park Road West
Prenton
Wirral
CH43 8SE

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