Shot entirely on analogue cameras, Mark Jenkins' 'Bait' invites the viewer to delve into a world of fear and disgust poured into
a small fishers' town in Cornwall. Two local brothers have seen their quiet hamlet attract more tourists lately, much to their chagrin. Their childhood home has been transformed into an Airbnb, Londoners take up all the parking spaces, and they can't even enjoy a pint in the pub anymore without the presence of drunk tourists on their pub crawls. As more and more tourists arrive in town, the brothers' frustrations rise.The film tells a stark story rooted in local culture and com-munity, and how these marginal places are facing up to a changing world.

Mark’s film Bronco’s House (2015) was his first foray into hand-processed celluloid narrative filmmaking. The film screened at festivals worldwide and was a finalist at the Chicago Blow Up Festival. The Road to Zennor being awarded the Best Experimental Film prize at the London Short Film Festival in 2017, and The Essential Cornishman being given an Honourable Mention at the Berlin Experimental Film Festival the same year. The recipient of the Nick Darke Award for Writing (2014) Mark is currently developing a biopic of St. Ives painter (and great, great, great Grandfather) Alfred Wallis. He is an associate of Falmouth University where he lectures Film and is a member of The Newlyn Society of Artists.