Mark Jenkin earns three nominations at the British Independent Film Awards
09 November 2026
Award-winning filmmaker and Falmouth Distinguished Professor of Film Practice Mark Jenkin has been nominated in three categories at the 2026 British Independent Film Awards (BIFA).
Mark has earned the three nominations – Best Director, Best Original Music, and Best Sound alongside sound editor Ian Wilson – for his third feature film Rose of Nevada, which following a hugely successful cinematic release earlier this year prompted Variety to consider him "a distinctive, now eminently recognisable arthouse voice".
Described as "another really bold and distinct statement" by The Guardian's chief film critic Peter Bradshaw, Rose of Nevada is a time-bending tale of a boat that vanished at sea three decades ago, starring actors George MacKay and Callum Turner alongside regular collaborators Edward Rowe and Mary Woodvine.
Shot entirely on location in Cornwall, the film also provided "the opportunity of a lifetime" for eleven students who worked in trainee and shadowing roles across the full spectrum of the filming and production process, arranged through Falmouth’s Sound/Image Cinema Lab.
Dr Kingsley Marshall, Head of the School of Film & Television and an executive producer on Rose of Nevada, told us: "This is a terrific sweep of nominations for Mark and the Rose of Nevada team at the BIFA's, and the film is in great company with the best of the last year of independent cinema.
"We are so pleased to be part of this journey of the film and with the production company Bosena. This film has involved so many students and staff at Falmouth, and we are all looking forward to the awards later in the year."
Founded in 1998, BIFA has since championed the best and most innovative independently funded British filmmaking for over 25 years, working at the heart of the industry.
The winners will be revealed at the Roundhouse, London on Sunday 6 December.
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