Feature | 16mm | 2022
Set in 1973 on an uninhabited island off the Cornish coast, a wildlife volunteer’s daily observations of a rare flower turn into a metaphysical journey that forces her as well as the viewer to question what is real and what is a nightmare.
Writer/Director
- Mark Jenkin
Producer
- Denzil Monk
Cast
- Mary Woodvine - THE VOLUNTEER
- Edward Rowe - THE BOATMAN
- Flo Crowe - THE GIRL

GOLYOW Festivals
Won
BIFA Best Sound 2023
The Guardian’s Best Films, June 2023
Nominated Original Vision Award Indian Film Journalist Association
Nominated Best Cinematography Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards
Official selection/competition at 20 international festivals including:
World Premiere Directors’ Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival 2022
UK Premiere BFI London Film Festival 2022 Nominated Best Film
NA Premiere New York Film Festival 2022
New Horizons International Film Festival 2022 Nominated Grand Prix
Athens International Film Festival 2022 Nominated Best Picture
Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival 2022 Nominated Best Motion Picture
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival 2023 Nominated Best Feature Film

