On the Water - Vee peal (Online)

Based on Olavi Ruitlane’s book of the same title, ON THE WATER focuses on the life of a preadolescent boy Andres. He is a gentle soul growing up in the care of his grandparents in small-town Soviet Estonia. There are no peers, and his knowledge and friendships are limited to a few men living in his backyard – a former prisoner and hapless fishermen. His only chance of escape from his grandfather's strict demands is taking a fishing rod out on the local lake.

ON THE WATER is a brutal tale hidden beneath a comic and adventurous surface that highlights people's basic needs for understanding, caring, humanity, and love.

All films at CEFF are presented in their original language with English subtitles.