Mark Jenkin Movies

The Newlyn School of artists flourished at the beginning of the 20th Century and the film focuses on the wild and bohemian Lamorna Group, which...

Martin Ward is a cove fisherman, without a boat. His brother Steven has repurposed their father’s vessel as a tourist tripper, driving a wedge...

A wildlife volunteer on an uninhabited island off the British coast descends into a terrifying madness that challenges her grip on reality and pushes...

A walk through England’s south coast evokes the artists who lived and worked there.

In a forgotten fishing village, a boat mysteriously appears in the old harbour. The Rose of Nevada, lost at sea with all hands 30 years ago, has...

Words by Callum Mitchell Soundscape by Rick Williams 16mm

Mark Jenkin explores his fascination with the magic of film and its life-giving properties in this brand new short film, commissioned by the BFI to...

Nick Darke, who comes from a long line of beachcombers ("wreckers", to use the Cornish term), traces the origins of all the items that he has...

Living in a remote coastal village and with no cash two local friends stumble across two holidaymakers who mysteriously vanish along with a fishing...

Seven hours and a million miles away from his old life in Kent, Chris Thornton finds himself plunged into the restless local community. Hitching up...

A young couple quest for a roof in this Cornwall-set drama with the atmosphere of a thriller, made with hand-developed B&W 16mm.

The curious joy in the warm passing of time is most acute in the long shadows of the end of the line autumn coming stillness

Started in 1993, finished in 2018. "David Bowie Is Dead" is a road movie in and out of london.

A Cornishman's travels in Ireland, through Wexford, Waterford and Cork in search of the familiar.

A poet is driven to complete a poem within an old writing case by the ghost of the last owner.

An observation on the destructive nature of Late Capitalism on our collective culture

British filmmaker Mark Jenkin (whose latest feature Enys Men is part of this year’s Main Slate) mails this postcard from a melancholic holiday...