Mark Jenkin Movies

It's funny how past affects the future. We follow an oyster fisherman Jack Rowe, who is haunted by his childhood as his father, Johnny Rowe, a...

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...

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

In this extraordinary film shot on the rugged North Cornwall coast, director Jane Darke starts recording her husband Nick's life as a fisherman,...

"In 1993 I travelled to London from Cornwall with the intention of shooting a music video for 'London' by The Smiths. I had transcribed the lyrics...

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...

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

A study of modern social dislocation, via an open and frank conversation between the conscious and the unconscious; a partly fabricated first person...

In spring 2012 three oak trees were delivered to the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, UK. This marked the beginning of an experimental archeology...

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

A film made with, and featuring, poet Callum Mitchell. Sound design by Seamus Carey.

A portrait of a writer and her process

Weekend Retreat is a darkly comic thriller set in an isolated house in the picturesque Cornish countryside. Karen Campbell has brought her husband...

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