Insight

Mark Jenkin interview

Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:04:55 GMT

Cornish director Mark Jenkin has fast emerged as one of the British film industry’s most provocative and striking artists. His feature film Bait (2019) immediately established an air of blackly comic foreboding with its disorienting use of sound and stark imagery, further cemented by the 2023 release Enys Men.

Jenkin’s latest film is Rose of Nevada, a Mary Celeste-esque mystery story about the titular fishing vessel, which has mysteriously returned to its native port 30 years after a tragedy consumed its crew. Talented British stars George MacKay and Callum Turner play the Rose of Nevada’s unsuspecting new fishermen, who find themselves travelling back in time to inhabit the bodies of the original crew members.

What unfolds is surrealistic, arresting, poignant and humorous in equal measure. Devon & Cornwall Film’s Sean Wilson caught up with Mark to discuss his filmmaking process, the essence of the fishing industry and the ways in which sound can both entrance and unsettle an audience.

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Story and memory rooted within landscape

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 15:37:07 GMT

Christmas, 1978 is powerfully evocative of time and place. We chat to writter director Lara Fullolove and producer Casper Webb about filmmaking, Dartmoor and their new film based on the Devon legend of Kitty Jay (which is now called Dig My Grave).

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Meeting, connecting, making

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 20:50:23 GMT

The Hell Tor film festival is for people who want to watch great films, go to super talks and meet like-minded filmmakers.

Filmmaker Ashley Thorpe explains how the vibe developed, how he includes personal Easter Eggs in his work and how he went to the Master of Horror dinner.

Hell Tor is at the Exeter Phoenix from Fri 26 Sep 2025 - Sun 28 Sep

See what's on and get your day passes

https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/hell-tor-festival/

Catch up with indie film news on D&CFilm

https://www.devon-cornwall-film.co.uk/

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Opportunity Hour

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 20:46:48 GMT

Hell Tor is a film festival that not only celebrates the genre, it celebrates filmmakers. Organiser Sue Thorpe talks about opportunity hour. And there are crowdfunder calls for Our Passion, Our Legacy: A Shinty Documentary; Bambola and Over & Over &.

Hell Tor: Opportunity Hour

https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/opportunity-hour/

Hell Tor: full programme

https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/genre/hell-tor-festival/

Hell Tor: day passes

https://exeterphoenix.org.uk/events/hell-tor-festival/

Films looking for crowdfunding

https://www.devon-cornwall-film.co.uk/films-looking-for-crowdfunding/

Also mentioned

Water Ways | open, generous and compelling story of surfing and mental health:

https://www.devon-cornwall-film.co.uk/2025/09/01/water-ways-open-generous-and-compelling-story-of-surfing-and-mental-health/

Shinty | “a place of community, family and a way to be together”

https://www.devon-cornwall-film.co.uk/2025/08/25/shinty-a-place-of-community-family-and-a-way-to-be-together/

Battleship Potemkin | revolution and resistance with live orchestra performance

https://www.devon-cornwall-film.co.uk/2025/08/18/battleship-potemkin-revolution-and-resistance-with-live-orchestra-performance/

The Temple of the Killer Tiger Monkeys from Cinedownloads

https://cinedownloads.com/the-temple-of-the-killer-tiger-monkeys-podcast/

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