When the Water Stops Flowing
movie

Released January 03, 2026
Genres:
Overview
Jonathan Stavleu explores, in a stream-of-consciousness video essay, the relationship people have with water and what happens when access to it is taken away. For this work, he examines anecdotal histories he has heard from Estonians, as well as stories from his own family history in the Netherlands, weaving them together into a journal-like narrative.
Origin Country
Estonia
Original Language
English
Original Title
When the Water Stops Flowing
Status
Post Production
Production Countries
- Netherlands
- Estonia
Spoken Languages
- English
Keywords
- sea
- beach
- berlin wall
- cold war
- world war ii
- soviet union
- border
- bunker
- time
- waterfall
- memory
- construction site
- found footage
- gentrification
- grandmother
- panorama
- nazi occupation
- deathbed
- coast
- maritime
- post cold war
- russian occupation
- the hague
- post soviet union
- oil painting
- smartphone camera
- den haag
- scheveningen
- hospice
- grandmother grandson relationship
- water
- city redevelopment
- hydroelectric dam
- post-war
- tallinn
- berlin
