Movies: Mark Jenkin

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British filmmaker Mark Jenkin (whose latest feature Enys Men is part of this year’s Main Slate) mails this postcard from a melancholic holiday in New York and its environs, rendering the city in grainy monochrome Super 8 and a familiar urban soundtra...

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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 Whaler, was away for months and never had time for Jack on his return. This troubled childhood has left Jac...

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

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

A portrait of a writer and her process...

In this extraordinary film shot on the rugged North Cornwall coast, director Jane Darke starts recording her husband Nick's life as a fisherman, beachcomber and playwright. Already recovering from a stroke, Nick is then unexpectedly diagnosed with ca...

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A short film concerning the evolving nature of memory and the potential of theme to survive the randomisation of narrative....

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Mark Jenkin's 2015 short film is a homage to the spontaneous prose of The Beats, from the mythical Cornish west....

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

In spring 2012 three oak trees were delivered to the National Maritime Museum Cornwall, UK. This marked the beginning of an experimental archeology project to build something not seen on these shores for 3,000 years....

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"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 and noted the timings and had then made a detailed shot-list. The whole thing would be edited in camera...

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