Derrick Sims

Cinematographer, writer, gardener, pianist, unionist, projectionist, environmentalist, educator, agitator, organiser, expat, & veg.

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Another bit about the new project. Check it out below, and read even more about our campaign here: https://t.co/U4yzoIi2NQ

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Read all about my upcoming project, Shadow of the Deathbird; weird title, but it’ll make sense when it’s finished.

https://t.co/UBT95G7ZnF

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In May, I spent a couple weeks on a South Island show. They had a drone in the kit and said “fly it if you want.” So I flew it.

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I just directed a new movie. It features wet-plate and tintype photographer Brian Scadden, his stories and thoughts on life. Our movie premieres May 25th at the Wairarapa Film Festival, and both of us will be there to talk about it.

#ThroughAGlassLightly #Wairarapa #WaiFilmFest

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@golrizghahraman There’s an upcoming TVNZ episode of #KeaKidsNews that features 12yos caught in the middle of this debate plus a response from PM @chrishipkins as well as from those working closely with the kids. I was there yesterday filming the workers’ reaction, and it’ll be a feather ruffler.

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@jordan_mears Where you off to

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@zeldawilliams Yeah, that’s not how you effectively swing an splitting maul. That’s how you get tired. Instead of making Tik Tok videos, maybe he should read a Foxfire book.

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@KeithandMovies If you’re gonna do a retelling, this is the way to do it. Take a chapter or a footnote and expand it the best way you can. If I have to see another origin story or straight remake/reboot, I’ll claw my eyes out.

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@rnz_news It’s as if it were never real.

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@barbarikkizzle @wevegot5years I’m the American guy, but I didn’t buy The Regent. It’s a many decades old community-owned non-profit, and I just have big ideas and write grants and play good movies.

Happy I discovered your love for it here on Twitter.

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Let’s make this reality

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To celebrate the 10yr anniversary of @ComeMorningFilm, I chatted with Lisa Mejia at The Entertainment Section in Austin, Texas. She was at the premiere in 2012 and was one of the first critics to review it. Here’s our conversation:

https://t.co/Pbfh6u9Y1x

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@radionz Wish he’d launch an inquiry into why National hasn’t come up with any REAL policy.

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@NZGreens up next?

https://t.co/HWoujC8ke2

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@valentinavee The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

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@radionz The current curriculum is dire. I've seen the writing skills of tertiary students grow worse w/ each incoming year. It's often incomprehensible. Maybe other parties can jump in and propose an effective, well-considered, and much-needed overhaul.

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@YorkshireTX Have you seen the equally messy trailer(s)? Jeepers, it looks really, really terribly bad.

The soundtrack will probably be okay.

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@KeithandMovies I’m sure the producers have big hearts, and most of that went into below-the-line crew pockets. No doubt.

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@ProjectLincoln @tedcruz Think it’s safe to say the meat suit wrapped around @tedcruz is also a costume

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@soundreece @SelwynNogood @NZGreens @MaramaDavidson The human-caused climate change scientific consensus is 99.9%. There’s no debate. The evidence is very clear and agreed upon.

https://t.co/qrvctfIEQB