Rose of Nevada

Cornish auteur Mark Jenkin returns with a political folktale of two fishermen locked in a time-loop.

  • Director

    Mark Jenkin

  • With

    George MacKay, Callum Turner, Rosalind Eleazar, Mary Woodvine

  • UK 2025. 114min

  • 35mm (Sun 26 Apr 18:00; Mon 27 Apr 20:45; Thu 30 Apr 20:45; Fri 1 May 20:50 NFT1; Sat 2 May 18:00 NFT1; Mon 4 May 18:20 NFT1) / Digital

  • Certificate

    15

  • A BFI release

Shot on 16mm, Cornish auteur Mark Jenkin’s film sees him return with a political folktale of two fishermen trapped in a time-loop. Thirty years after the Rose of Nevada fishing boat and its crew vanished without a trace, the vessel inexplicably returns to its old harbour in a small Cornish village, unchanged by time. Drawn by the promise of steady work and escape from hardship, two young men join its new crew: Nick, a devoted father struggling to provide for his family, and Liam, a drifting outsider living on the margins. When the Rose docks once more, the men realise they have slipped back in time. Trapped in the past, they are mistaken for the original crew and burdened with the expectations, fears and unresolved grief of a community desperate for answers, forcing them to confront their identity and fate, and the cost of survival.

Rógan Graham, Film Programmer

Audio Description available at all digital screenings.

The screening on Mon 22 Jun 18:00 NFT4  will be presented with Descriptive Subtitles.

Closed Captions available via WatchWord smart glasses – please see our Closed Captions page for a list of screenings.

See a BFI IMAX screening of Rose of Nevada + live score performed by The Cornish Sound Unit on Monday 13 July.

Film on Film