Rose of Nevada
British science fiction drama film
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Rose of Nevada is a 2025 British science fiction drama film written, edited, composed and directed by Mark Jenkin.[2] Starring George MacKay and Callum Turner, the film tells the story of a fishing vessel that was lost at sea 30 years ago, and mysteriously reappears in the harbour of a fishing village.
| Rose of Nevada | |
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| Directed by | Mark Jenkin |
| Screenplay by | Mark Jenkin |
| Produced by | Denzil Monk |
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| Cinematography | Mark Jenkin |
| Edited by | Mark Jenkin |
| Music by | Mark Jenkin |
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| Distributed by | BFI Distribution |
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Running time | 114 minutes[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
The film had its world premiere in the Orizzonti section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on 30 August 2025.[3]
Premise/Plot
The film is set in a fishing village in Cornwall, UK, a place stripped of its industry and inhabitants. Amid empty pubs and abandoned moorings, the signs of a former prosperity, a few people remain.[4]
Three decades earlier, when the village was thriving, a fishing vessel and its crew fell victim to the sea. The loss of the crew still pervades through the village. The community never recovered and the tragedy never abated. That is, until one day, the fishing boat Rose of Nevada reappears in the harbour.[4]
The boat couldn't have arrived at a better time for Nick ( George MacKay). A husband and father, he struggles to make ends meet. It is also good news for Liam (Callum Turner), an itinerant worker who sleeps rough at the docks until he is recruited by the Rose of Nevada's owner, Mike ( Edward Rowe). Nick and Liam are to be led by grizzled rent-a-skipper Murgey (Francis Magee), an experienced sailor.[4]
Together the men set out in search of fish, but when the boat returns, something is amiss. They are back where they started from but 30 years before they left. Stranger still, the men have been mistaken for locals: Liam for Alan, an absentee father who, in their timeline, disappeared with the Rose of Nevada; and Nick for Luke, another fisherman whose guilt for missing work that fateful day led to his suicide.[4]
On realising he is unmoored/displaced in time, Nick runs to his now empty home, to find his neighbours (the parents of long lost Luke) now welcoming him as their son.[4]
Cast
- George MacKay as Nick
- Callum Turner as Liam
- Rosalind Eleazar
- Francis Magee
- Mary Woodvine
- Edward Rowe
Production
The film was produced by Bosena and financed by Film4 Productions and the British Film Institute.[5] The BFI contributed £1.3 million of funding for the film, the largest single production award since the BFI Filmmaking Fund was relaunched in 2023.[6] The film was shot on location in Cornwall[5] with the assistance of a group of students from Falmouth University.[7]
Actor George MacKay described the film as "a joy to be part of".[8]
Rose of Nevada is the third instalment of Jenkin's Cornish trilogy. The first, Bait, was a kitchen sink drama about the corrosive effect of tourism on coastal towns; the second, Enys Men, saw a lone wildlife volunteer worker who is plagued by visions while living on a remote island. Elements of both show up in this third film.[4]
Release
The film premiered at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival,[9] and had its North American premiere in the Special Presentations program at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2025.[10][11] It had its U.S. premiere in the main slate of the 63rd New York Film Festival,[12] at the Lincoln Centre, and was also screened at the 69th BFI London Film Festival.[13]
It was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 24 April 2026, by BFI Distribution.[14]
Reception
The film has received positive reviews and currently holds a 100% rating from review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on 49 reviews.[15] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100, based on 16 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[16]
