ROSE OF NEVADA Trailer: George Mackay and Callum Turner Sail Across Time in Mark Jenkin’s 16mm Mind-Bender

Following his eerie 16mm-shot features Bait (2019) and Enys Men (2022), Cornish writer-director Mark Jenkin is back with a haunting new seaside pic that has two fishermen caught in a time warp. Hot off a fall festival run that included Venice, TIFF, and NYFF, Rose of Nevada (also shot by Jenkin on 16mm film) stars Callum Turner and George Mackay as fishermen in a remote village who set off on a fishing expedition on the eponymous boat with a strange history, but wind up back in time upon their return where barely anyone recognizes them. It also stars Jenin collaborators Edward Rowe and Mary Woodvine, along with Francis Magee and Rozalind Eleazar. Ahead of its release in NY and LA on June 19, 1-2 Special has unveiled the official trailer.

Here’s the official synopsis:

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.

Watch the official trailer for Rose of Nevada below.

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