Red Union Films

04/10/2025

We're delighted that On The Sea will screen at the 25th Belfast Film Festival on 1st Nov. Tickets via link

https://belfastfilmfestival.org/whats-on

23/09/2025

Helen Walsh talks to The Film Pupil at Edinburgh International Film Festival about making 'On The Sea'

Although the characters of On The Sea are mussel farmers on the Welsh Straits, the drama of the film takes place primarily on-land - with only internal storms to be found. It is a study on how rural community and family life impact coming out as gay later in life, with the setting of a village servi...

03/09/2025

Queerty We are looking forward to hearing your thoughts when you do get to see 'On The Sea' ☺️

Two rugged fishermen fall in love in new drama ‘On The Sea,’ which explores masculinity & desire in remote Wales - https://www.q***rty.com/two-rugged-fishermen-fall-in-love-in-new-drama-on-the-sea-which-explores-masculinity-desire-in-remote-wales-2-20250901/

26/08/2025

A q***r romantic drama set against the backdrop of the Welsh mussel-farming industry made its premiere at the Edinburgh International Film Festival last weekend (Saturday, 16 August). On The Sea, the second film directed by English novelist and filmmaker Helen Walsh, tells the story of a middle-aged...

23/08/2025

Themovieisle review of 'On The Sea'

The sea, the sky and the windswept coastline of North Wales are the backdrop for On The Sea, a poignant story of masculinity and hidden desire from Helen Walsh, which receives its world premiere at…

22/08/2025

'On The Sea' writer-director interview by Eye For Film

The British novelist and film writer and director Helen Walsh returned to the Edinburgh International Film Festival with On The Sea, an exploration of male desire and s*xual identity set in a remote fishing community in Wales. She was last at the film festival in 2016 with her debut feature The Viol...

21/08/2025

Two rugged fishermen fall in love in new drama ‘On The Sea,’ which explores masculinity & desire in remote Wales - https://www.q***rty.com/two-rugged-fishermen-fall-in-love-in-new-drama-on-the-sea-which-explores-masculinity-desire-in-remote-wales-20250820/

21/08/2025

Screen International 20 films to watch, including 'On The Sea'!

Includes titles from Locarno, Edinburgh, Annecy, Karlovy Vary, Transilvania, Munich and Fantasia.

21/08/2025

What About Birdy interviews Barry Ward and Lorne MacFadyen about 'On The Sea'

With On The Sea, novelist turned director Helen Walsh has created something truly special – the tale of a hand raker in a small and conservative fishing community, drawn to a new, free-spirited deckhand. As married and hard-working Jack, Barry Ward plays stoicism and resilience with dexterity as h...

21/08/2025

Thank you Variety for the great review of 'On The Sea'

A family man is unnerved to find himself drawn to a younger drifter Helen Walsh's finely drawn, weather-heavy sophomore feature 'On the Sea.'

19/08/2025

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Eye For Film review of 'On The Sea'

"finds its strength in the subtlety of the writing and the power of the understated performances, in particular the central duo of Barry Ward and Lorne MacFadyen"

Love story about a married mussel farmer who falls in love with a handsome newcomer.

19/08/2025

Gazettely's review of On The Sea

"Barry Ward’s portrayal of Jack is a masterclass in physicalized repression"

"It excels in its atmospheric direction"

"It's a quiet film with a loud, melancholic heart"

In the salt-sprayed air of a North Wales coastal town, life is a metronome set to the rhythm of the tides and generations of mussel farming. This is the world