Rose of Nevada

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Rose of Nevada
Directed by Mark Jenkin
Screenplay byMark Jenkin
Produced byDenzil Monk
Starring
CinematographyMark Jenkin
Edited byMark Jenkin
Music byMark Jenkin
Production
companies
Bosena
Film4
BFI
Headgear Films
Release date
  • 30 August 2025 (2025-08-30)(Venice)
Running time
114 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Rose of Nevada is a 2025 British science fiction drama film written, edited, composed and directed by Mark Jenkin. [1] 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.

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The film had its world premiere in the Orizzonti section of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival on 30 August 2025. [2]

Plot

A mysterious boat returns to a village thirty years after it vanished. Two men join its crew hoping for better fortune. After one voyage, they find themselves transported back in time, mistaken for the original crew.

Cast

Production

The film was produced by Bosena and financed by Film4 Productions and the British Film Institute. [3] 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. [4] The film was shot on location in Cornwall [3] with the assistance of a group of students from Falmouth University. [5]

Actor George MacKay described the film as "a joy to be part of". [6]

Release

The film premiered at the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, [7] and will have its North American premiere in the Special Presentations program at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on 6 September 2025. [8] [9]

It will have its US premiere in the main slate of the 2025 New York Film Festival [10] at the Lincoln Centre.

References

  1. "George MacKay & Callum Turner Lead Film4 & BFI-Backed Mystery-Drama 'Rose Of Nevada'; Protagonist Aboard For Sales — EFM". Deadline Hollywood. 6 February 2025. Retrieved 7 February 2025.
  2. "Biennale Cinema 2025 | Rose of Nevada". La Biennale di Venezia. 11 July 2025. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 "George MacKay takes on "atmospheric and eerie" British mystery drama". Digital Spy. 7 February 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  4. "BFI Filmmaking Fund team talk Cannes success, AI and investment strategy". Screen International. 17 May 2025. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  5. "New student-backed films from Falmouth's Sound/Image Cinema Lab". Falmouth University. 6 May 2025. Retrieved 12 May 2025.
  6. "Why Sunshine on Leith actor George MacKay is singing about climate crisis in his new film". The Scotsman. 29 March 2025. Retrieved 9 April 2025.
  7. Ben Dalton and Orlando Parfitt, "Venice Film Festival unveils 2025 lineup". Screen Daily , 22 July 2025.
  8. Anthony D'Alessandro, "TIFF Galas & Presentations: World Premieres 'Good Fortune', 'Nuremberg', Sydney Sweeney Pic 'Christy', Angelina Jolie 'Couture'; North American Debuts Guillermo del Toro's 'Frankenstein', Dwayne Johnson 'Smashing Machine'". Deadline Hollywood , 21 July 2025.
  9. "Rose of Nevada". TIFF. Retrieved 12 August 2025.
  10. "Rose of Nevada". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 5 August 2025.