On the Sea

A moving tale of the powerful attraction between a local hand raker, who works on the mussel beds of North Wales, and an itinerant deckhand.

Married to his childhood sweetheart, Jack (Barry Ward) finds himself drawn to the charismatic Daniel (Lorne MacFayden), sparking an affair that shakes their remote fishing community. Against a brooding coastal backdrop, Walsh’s elegantly crafted drama explores masculinity, identity and desire, telling a quietly powerful story of repression and the courage to confront one’s true self.

Focusing on the fathers, brothers and sons working in a remote, challenging environment, novelist-turned-filmmaker Helen Walsh's second feature has drawn comparisons with God’s Own Country and Brokeback Mountain.