In a close-knit Welsh coastal town where everyone knows everyone else’s business, intimacy becomes both a refuge and a risk, in this sweaty, salt-weathered romantic drama.

Gruff, burly mussel farmer Jack clashes with his brother over how to keep the family business afloat, as he struggles to convince his teenage son to take an interest. When his son accidentally injures an ageing local fisherman, Jack volunteers to take his boat out for some fishing runs to get him through winter. Forced into close proximity with ruggedly handsome skipper Daniel, his unmistakable interest reawakens feelings Jack has spent years suppressing but can no longer ignore.

Shot with a raw, tactile realism that mirrors the rhythms of the waves, On the Sea grounds its emotional tension in physical space – weather-beaten faces, cramped interiors and bodies shaped by work. It’s a quietly aching portrait of masculinity under pressure, where desire surfaces not as escape, but as something hard-won and deeply human.

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