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Official Poster | George MacKay & Callum Turner in ROSE OF NEVADA from Mark Jenkin (ENYS MEN) | In Theaters June 19th via 1-2 Special
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A FILM BY Mark Jenkin (ENYS MEN)
STARRING George MacKay & Callum Turner
Opens in New York and Los Angeles on June 19th
"It’s not every day that you see a film that reminds you of the work of Mike Leigh and
David Lynch at the same time. Still, there aren’t a lot of movies like this mind-fuck of a flick."
"A dreamy tale of loss and grief, death and resurrection, as well as a supernatural reverie about the mysterious relationship between the present and past."
- The Daily Beast
"Haunting aesthetic nirvana… Nobody else is doing what Mark Jenkin is doing."
- IndieWire
Three decades ago, the Rose of Nevada vanished at sea, along with its crew. Now, it has returned. In a remote fishing village, its reappearance is embraced as an auspicious sign, with the local citizens convinced the luck of their economically devastated community may turn, if only the ship sails again. Joining the crew is Nick (George MacKay), desperate to provide for his young family, and Liam (Callum Turner), a mysterious drifter eager to escape his past. After a successful voyage, they return to harbor, only to find that nothing is as they remember it.
Shooting on a 16mm Bolex camera and constructing all the sound in post, Mark Jenkin writes, directs, edits and scores a haunting and hallucinatory time-travel mystery that further solidifies him as one of the most distinct, singular artists working in film today. Jenkin conducts a cinematic séance, conjuring a portal into another world that forces us to confront the past and our relationship to it.
A FILM BY: Mark Jenkin (ENYS MEN, BAIT)
STARRING: George MacKay, Callum Turner
GENRE: Drama
RUN TIME: 114 minutes
Mark Jenkin’s breakout film, BAIT, was hailed by Empire Magazine as “A rare find that is a truly original feature by a British director” and won the Outstanding Debut BAFTA in 2020. It went on to collect 7 major international awards. Mark Kermode, writing in The Observer, described it as “One of the defining British films of the decade”.
His follow-up, Bosena produced and Film4 backed ENYS MEN, premiered at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight in 2022 and was picked up by NEON. Sight and Sound described the film as “A revelatory experience”, Tim Robey writing in the Daily Telegraph called it “Lo-fi folk horror heaven” while Peter Bradshaw in The Guardian found it, “Supremely Disquieting”. Mark was awarded a BIFA in 2023 for his sound design on the film.
He has just completed his new film ROSE OF NEVADA starring BAFTA nominees George MacKay (1917) and Callum Turner (Masters of the Air).
His prolific, critically acclaimed short film output includes I SAW THE FACE OF GOD IN THE JET WASH (2025), A DOG CALLED DISCORD (2023) commissioned by the BFI to open the Film on Film Festival, VERTICAL SHAPES IN A HORIZONTAL LANDSCAPE (2018), and mid-length BRONCO’S HOUSE (2014).
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