
SHORTS PROGRAM: What if you couldn't find the right words, or you knew the right words but couldn't find the right moment? And what if you had a mad crush on someone famous and finally got to meet them? Maybe it's the things we say, or the things we leave unsaid, but in the end, timing is everything.
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Of Thread and Almonds: Set in '90s London, this film unravels the story of love unexpectedly found in the heart of a museum. A thoughtful cloakroom attendant, skilled with a needle and thread, has his immaculate routine turned upside down by the appearance of a charismatic PhD scholar, there to carry out research in the library. Despite an immediate and potent chemistry between them, neither seems brave enough to make a move.
- Year2019
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- DirectorRebecca Manley
- ScreenwriterRebecca Manley
- ProducerSonya Sier
- Executive ProducerLuca Paulli
- CastMiles Yekinni, Sophie Harkness

SHORTS PROGRAM: What if you couldn't find the right words, or you knew the right words but couldn't find the right moment? And what if you had a mad crush on someone famous and finally got to meet them? Maybe it's the things we say, or the things we leave unsaid, but in the end, timing is everything.
Select the film title to see more details on that short film.
Of Thread and Almonds: Set in '90s London, this film unravels the story of love unexpectedly found in the heart of a museum. A thoughtful cloakroom attendant, skilled with a needle and thread, has his immaculate routine turned upside down by the appearance of a charismatic PhD scholar, there to carry out research in the library. Despite an immediate and potent chemistry between them, neither seems brave enough to make a move.
- Year2019
- Runtime12 minutes
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryUnited Kingdom
- DirectorRebecca Manley
- ScreenwriterRebecca Manley
- ProducerSonya Sier
- Executive ProducerLuca Paulli
- CastMiles Yekinni, Sophie Harkness