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...

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

Words by Callum Mitchell Soundscape by Rick Williams 16mm

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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

A digital poem made by strangers who travel the surface of the world to new continents.

A divorcee takes his children on a trip to Cornwall.