BAIT (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Edward Rowe (film debut), Simon Shepherd (Fire, Ice & Dynamite), Mary Woodvine (Element of Doubt), Giles King (Anna Karenina), Chloe Endean (film debut), Georgia Ellery (film debut), Isaac Woodvine (film debut), Jowan Jacobs (Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Mark Jenkin (Golden Burn), director, writer, composer, cinematographer, editor; Kate Byers (The Road to Zennor) and Linn Waite (The Essential Cornishman), producers

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Martin (Rowe), a modern-day Cornish fisherman, is left without a boat when his brother Steven (King) repurposes it as a tourist tripper, which drives a wedge between the brothers. As the family drama as well as Martin’s disdain for outside tourists begins to boil over, tragedy strikes…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Filmmaker Mark Jenkin shot his new film entirely on a vintage 16mm camera with monochrome Kodak stock, giving it the look and authenticity of a film you’d find from the archives of the early-to-mid 20th century.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 30TH AUGUST 2019

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