ENYS MEN Official Trailer (2023) Folk Horror
BFI Distribution revealed the UK trailer for ENYS MEN. Written, directed and photographed by Mark Jenkin, and following his 2019 BAFTAwinning first feature BAIT, ENYS MEN is released in cinemas in the UK and Ireland on 13 January 2023. ENYS MEN is a mindbending Cornish folk horror set in 1973 that unfolds on an uninhabited island off the Celtic Sea. A wildlife volunteers daily observations of a rare flower take a dark turn into the strange and metaphysical, forcing both her and viewers to question what is real and what is nightmare. Shot by Jenkin on grainy 16mm colour film stock and with his trademark postsynched sound, the form feels both innovative and authentic to the period. Filmed on location around the disused tin mines of West Penwith, it is also an ode to Cornwalls rich folklore and natural beauty. Mary Woodvine (Poldark, Judge John Deed, Doc Martin), who played Sandra in BAIT, is The Volunteer. She reunites with BAIT costar Edward Rowe (The Witcher, House of the Dragon) who is
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