New York distributor 1-2 Special has added another indie gem to its growing roster, picking up all North American rights to the Mark Jenkin film. Rose of Nevadaone of the highlights of this year’s Venice Film Festival.
George MacKay and Callum Turner star in this bizarre drama, in which they play fishermen from a remote Cornwall village who board a mysterious ship that appears to be caught in a time loop. Jenkin’s third feature film, following the acclaimed dramas Bait (2020 BAFTA winner for Outstanding Debut Film and Outstanding British Film) and Enys Men (which won Best Sound at the 2023 British Independent Film Awards), Rose of Nevada premiered in Venice in Horizons Sidebar and made its North American debut in Toronto.
Typical for Jenkin, Rose of Nevada was shot on 16mm cameras using a wind-up Bolex with all sound constructed in post-production, with Jenkin acting as writer, director, cinematographer and editor.
1-2 Special will release the film in theaters next year.
Launched by former Sideshow executive Jason Hellerstein in February, with the backing of a group of private investors led by Alex Lo’s Cinema Inutile, 1-2 Special is part of a group of new cinema distributors looking to carve out a niche in the domestic market.
The company has been an active buyer on the festival circuit this year, winning Radu Jude’s Berlin Silver Bear. Continental ’25 and its premiere in Locarno Dracula; Harris Dickinson’s award-winning debut film at Cannes Sea urchinpremiere of Christian Petzold’s Directors’ Fortnight Mirrors n°3and winner of the Un Certain Regard jury prize by Simón Mesa Soto A poet; Winner of the Venice Prize by Ildikó Enyedi Silent friend with Tony Leung and Léa Seydoux, and Toronto premiere of Pete Ohs Erupcja with Charli XCX.
1-2 Special negotiated on Rose of Nevada deal with the global sales group Protagonist Pictures.
