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...

Words by Callum Mitchell Soundscape by Rick Williams 16mm

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

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

A divorcee takes his children on a trip to Cornwall.

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

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...

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

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.

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

Audio recorded by Callum Mitchell from interviews conducted with people from the village

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

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...