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Rose of Nevada

Directed by Mark Jenkin
United Kingdom
2025
114 mins

Synopsis

George MacKay (The End, SFF 2025) and Callum Turner (Eternity) star as a pair of lost and bewildered fishermen in this beguiling time travel mystery. Venice 2025.

Award-winning, one-of-a-kind Cornish director Mark Jenkin (Bait, SFF 2019) returns with this strange seafaring story. Thirty years after vanishing off the Cornish coast, the empty but working Rose of Nevada fishing boat suddenly reappears on the harbour of a forgotten village. To support his struggling family, Nick (MacKay) joins a new crew on board, alongside drifter Liam (Turner). But when Nick and Liam return from their first voyage the year is 1993. The village is thriving and locals believe they are the original crew members. Filmed on his 16mm Bolex wind-up camera, Jenkin delivers a compelling social-realist drama and a beguiling other-worldly mystery in this time travelling cinematic adventure.

“Seals its one-man-band creator as a distinctive, now eminently recognisable arthouse voice.”
Guy Lodge, Variety

Tickets

Thu 4 June 2026, 6:15pm
Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 5
Assisted ListeningWheelchair
Wed 10 June 2026, 6:30pm
Hayden Orpheum Picture Palace - Cinema 5
Wheelchair
  • Program Strand
    Features
  • Year
    2025
  • Classification
    Unclassified 18+
  • Country
    UK
  • Language
    In English
  • Director
    Mark Jenkin
  • Producer
    Denzil Monk
  • Cast
    George MacKay, Callum Turner, Francis Magee
  • Screenwriter
    Mark Jenkin, Mary Woodvine
  • Cinematographer
    Mark Jenkin
  • Editor
    Mark Jenkin
  • Genre
    Experimental, Fantasy & Sci-Fi
  • Premiere
    Australian Premiere
  • Company Credits
    Australian Distributor: Madman Entertainment

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