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...

Unknown plot.

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

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

Words by Callum Mitchell Soundscape by Rick Williams 16mm

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.

A divorcee takes his children on a trip to Cornwall.

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...

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...

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...

A disturbed woman takes refuge in a decaying abandoned building with her children. When a mysterious man and woman enter her gloomy territory she...

The early morning light of a new day in a fishing village in Cornwall symbolizes an awakening in oneself - a remembering of who one is and who one...

Mark Jenkin's 2015 short film is a homage to the spontaneous prose of The Beats, from the mythical Cornish west.

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

An interwoven seaside hymn to gift wrapped promises and unwanted presence.

A short film concerning the evolving nature of memory and the potential of theme to survive the randomisation of narrative.