Mark Jenkin leads a summer of Cornish films at Saltash Studios

A fishing boat lost with all hands 30 years ago comes back. A creature that may or may not exist is stalking the moor. A group of men crawl into mines nobody has entered in decades. Saltash Studios Cinema has built its summer around Cornwall, and a ticket with a drink starts at £10.

The cinema opened in 2025 in the old Barclays Bank building on Fore Street, a place that had been sitting derelict, with a simple mission to bring the magic of the movies back to Saltash. It bills itself as Cornwall’s newest, smallest and friendliest independent cinema. Nearly 3,000 tickets later, with weekly screenings and plans to develop further in 2026, the town seems to have taken to it.

Mark Jenkin’s Rose of Nevada

The headline booking is Rose of Nevada (15), the hotly anticipated new film from Cornish director Mark Jenkin, starring George MacKay and Callum Turner. It screens on Friday 11 September.

A fishing boat lost with all hands 30 years ago mysteriously reappears. For those who remember it, that has to be a lucky sign. The boat must go out to sea again, and perhaps the luck of a devastated village will finally turn. Young father Nick (George MacKay) and mysterious newcomer Liam (Callum Turner) take her out. When they come back, something is very amiss.

Searching for the Beast of Bodmin Moor

Before that, on Friday 7 August, comes Best Goon Brenn, a film that has already proved popular. Made by local filmmaking collective Eclectica Films, it re-imagines the myths that have grown up around the Beast of Bodmin Moor, using local actors and local locations. Two friends go looking for the elusive creature. Whether they find the beast, or end up part of the legend, is the question the film leaves hanging.

Underground, and the quiet battles no one talks about

On Friday 21 August, The Lost Boys of Carbis Bay returns by popular demand. The documentary follows a band of unlikely explorers into Cornwall’s forgotten mines, with striking footage of a subterranean Cornwall most people never see. Underneath the exploration is a story about community, and about the quiet battles of men’s mental health.

The same evening includes Fisherman’s Lodges, a short documentary about the St Ives fishing community.

Tickets

All films start at 7.30pm. Tickets are £8 full price, £7 concessions and £4 for under-16s, available from saltashstudios.org or by phone on 07303 143751.