Mark Jenkin is a renowned filmmaker based in West Cornwall, with a remarkable career spanning multiple award-winning films and critically acclaimed short films.
His breakout film, Bait, received widespread critical acclaim, earning him the Outstanding Debut BAFTA in 2020 and collecting seven major international awards. Empire Magazine hailed it as "A rare find that is a truly original feature by a British director." Mark Kermode, writing in The Observer, described it as "One of the defining British films of the decade."
Following the success of Bait, Jenkin went on to produce and film Enys Men, a critically acclaimed film that premiered at Cannes Director's Fortnight 2022 and was picked up by NEON. Sight and Sound described the film as "A revelatory experience," while Tim Robey, writing in the Daily Telegraph, called it "Lo-fi folk horror heaven." Peter Bradshaw, in The Guardian, found it "Supremely Disquieting."
Jenkin's prolific short film output includes A Dog Called Discord (2023),commissioned by the BFI to open the Film on Film Festival, Vertical Shapes in a Horizontal Landscape (2018),and mid-length Bronco's House (2014). His unique filmmaking style has garnered widespread attention, with Awards Watch stating, "No one is making films like Mark Jenkin."
