Mark Jenkin Movies

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...

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...

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.

Words by Callum Mitchell Soundscape by Rick Williams 16mm

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...

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

A film shot on Super 8 with an entirely Stylophone produced score.

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

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 trip down memory lane, and an actual lane.

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

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

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