“As a story of time and tide waiting for no man, ROSE OF NEVADA is haunting, bittersweet, and a little scary. As a filmed object, it’s even more fascinating.”
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker

“Narrative is beside the point. It serves as mere scaffolding for a dreamlike sensory experience of grief and memory. It’s best not to rely on resolution or logic, but instead to surrender to texture. From a perspective of pure atmosphere, this is arguably the most mesmerizing film of the year thus far.”
—Brandon Yu, New York Times Critic’s Pick

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.

Three decades ago, the ship 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 the harbor, only to find that nothing is as they remember it.