Project Detail

The Thread

Synopsis

Grace is born of dual heritage: she has a white British mother and a Black Jamaican father. As she reaches her early teens, Grace takes her identity into her own hands and begins to navigate how to exist as a young woman, fully Black, fully white.
Official Selection Berlin International Film Festival 2026 - International premiere

Details

Year: 2026
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 15 min
Director: Fenn O'Meally
Producer: Luca Chapman, Elizabeth Doonan
Production Designer: Francesca Di Mottola
Principal cast: Anaya Thorley, Tyrelle Boyce, David Gyasi, Lucy Phelps, Thea Butler

Genre

Black Drama

Production Status

Complete

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It’s 2005. Grace is 12, born of dual heritage, Jamaican and British, her 16 year old brother Curtis too. They live in a town in the Midlands with their Jamaican father David and British mother Esther. David and Curtis’ polar opposite ideals become the catalyst of ongoing friction between themselves and the entire family.

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