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Filmmaker (He/Him)🪩Immigrant 🇬🇷➡️🇺🇸 My films play with the nature of reality: Questioning it, toying with it & molding it in unexpected ways 👉 https://youtube.com/yanniszafeiriou 👈 I have a thing for penguins, but it’s strictly platonic❤️ www.yanzaf.com
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Namas Dei: The Tucker J. James Story (Trailer)
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If you’re a film critic or reviewer who likes #AbsurdistComedy & #Satire, please take a look at the trailer of my #DebutFeatureFilm and let me know if you’d like to review the full 100min film. Would love to give you a private screener! We’re doing festival submissions 😊
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Little planet,
Little planet of horrors!
Little planet of horrors!
November 17, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Little planet,
Little planet of horrors!
Little planet of horrors!
Had a wonderful screening of “Namas Dei: The Tucker J. James Story” at the LA Queer Film Fest! Getting people to come see our work in person is always a joy, especially so on a cold, rainy Sunday! So eternally grateful to all who were able to make it tonight! We love you 🥰 #NamasDei 🙏
November 17, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Had a wonderful screening of “Namas Dei: The Tucker J. James Story” at the LA Queer Film Fest! Getting people to come see our work in person is always a joy, especially so on a cold, rainy Sunday! So eternally grateful to all who were able to make it tonight! We love you 🥰 #NamasDei 🙏
Absofuckinglutely. I have never understood people who are stingy with credits.
From a filmmaking perspective I am pretty particular about this. Being uncredited, even for something that was small, doesn't feel good! Being a leader means acknowledging your team!!
credits that include the names of everyone who worked on the game at any point
November 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Absofuckinglutely. I have never understood people who are stingy with credits.
HELLO UNIVERSE!
We are GAGGED to announce that “NAMAS DEI: THE TUCKER J. JAMES STORY” will have its LOS ANGELES PREMIERE at the amazing “LA QUEER FILM FEST”. Only a few features were selected and we are amongst the lucky chosen ones. #NamasDei 🙏 #blessed ❤️
Tix: filmfreeway.com/LAQUEERFILMF...
We are GAGGED to announce that “NAMAS DEI: THE TUCKER J. JAMES STORY” will have its LOS ANGELES PREMIERE at the amazing “LA QUEER FILM FEST”. Only a few features were selected and we are amongst the lucky chosen ones. #NamasDei 🙏 #blessed ❤️
Tix: filmfreeway.com/LAQUEERFILMF...
October 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
HELLO UNIVERSE!
We are GAGGED to announce that “NAMAS DEI: THE TUCKER J. JAMES STORY” will have its LOS ANGELES PREMIERE at the amazing “LA QUEER FILM FEST”. Only a few features were selected and we are amongst the lucky chosen ones. #NamasDei 🙏 #blessed ❤️
Tix: filmfreeway.com/LAQUEERFILMF...
We are GAGGED to announce that “NAMAS DEI: THE TUCKER J. JAMES STORY” will have its LOS ANGELES PREMIERE at the amazing “LA QUEER FILM FEST”. Only a few features were selected and we are amongst the lucky chosen ones. #NamasDei 🙏 #blessed ❤️
Tix: filmfreeway.com/LAQUEERFILMF...
Describe a character in Greek mythology the way someone trying to defend a politician would.
Artemis: Of course she drives a Subaru, that’s the most sensible choice in that off-road forest she lives in.
Artemis: Of course she drives a Subaru, that’s the most sensible choice in that off-road forest she lives in.
Describe a character in Greek mythology the way someone trying to defend a politician would.
Zeus: alpha male.
Zeus: alpha male.
Describe a character in Greek mythology the way someone trying to defend a politician would. I’ll start.
Arachne: of course the woke mind cannot comprehend somebody being proud of her work
Arachne: of course the woke mind cannot comprehend somebody being proud of her work
October 25, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Describe a character in Greek mythology the way someone trying to defend a politician would.
Artemis: Of course she drives a Subaru, that’s the most sensible choice in that off-road forest she lives in.
Artemis: Of course she drives a Subaru, that’s the most sensible choice in that off-road forest she lives in.
Reply with an image you can hear
October 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Reply with an image you can hear
We won 😃❤️
🥇The DIRECTOR’S CHOICE “recognizing outstanding work that demonstrated exceptional storytelling, artistic vision, or cultural significance”.
🥇The AUDIENCE FAVORITE “for films that resonated strongly with viewers for their creativity, authenticity, and emotional impact”.
#NamasDei 🙏
🥇The DIRECTOR’S CHOICE “recognizing outstanding work that demonstrated exceptional storytelling, artistic vision, or cultural significance”.
🥇The AUDIENCE FAVORITE “for films that resonated strongly with viewers for their creativity, authenticity, and emotional impact”.
#NamasDei 🙏
October 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
We won 😃❤️
🥇The DIRECTOR’S CHOICE “recognizing outstanding work that demonstrated exceptional storytelling, artistic vision, or cultural significance”.
🥇The AUDIENCE FAVORITE “for films that resonated strongly with viewers for their creativity, authenticity, and emotional impact”.
#NamasDei 🙏
🥇The DIRECTOR’S CHOICE “recognizing outstanding work that demonstrated exceptional storytelling, artistic vision, or cultural significance”.
🥇The AUDIENCE FAVORITE “for films that resonated strongly with viewers for their creativity, authenticity, and emotional impact”.
#NamasDei 🙏
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From the making of THE HUNGER (1983): Cinematographer Stephen Goldblatt tries to set up a shot of David Bowie as the vampire John Blaylock.
Photographer unknown.
Photographer unknown.
October 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
From the making of THE HUNGER (1983): Cinematographer Stephen Goldblatt tries to set up a shot of David Bowie as the vampire John Blaylock.
Photographer unknown.
Photographer unknown.
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No disrespect to Jim Henson but I don’t feel like there really are that many songs about rainbows and what’s on the other side
October 5, 2025 at 6:08 AM
No disrespect to Jim Henson but I don’t feel like there really are that many songs about rainbows and what’s on the other side
“Namas Dei: The Tucker J. James Story” has been officially released into the wild ❤️
September 26, 2025 at 7:38 AM
“Namas Dei: The Tucker J. James Story” has been officially released into the wild ❤️
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Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.
i don't want to hear your most boomer complaint. what's your most millennial complaint?
September 20, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Things were better when computer was in room. Now everywhere is computer. This is bad. Computer should never have escaped room.
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It's not grey hair in my beard. It's mithril.
September 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
It's not grey hair in my beard. It's mithril.
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The insanity caused by repeatedly trying to connect to a representative and failing to do so (by design, so they force you to give up and not actually complain about your problem to a real person), will only get worse as AI takes over all of our systems of communication. Mental health peeps, beware.
September 5, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The insanity caused by repeatedly trying to connect to a representative and failing to do so (by design, so they force you to give up and not actually complain about your problem to a real person), will only get worse as AI takes over all of our systems of communication. Mental health peeps, beware.
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I had NO IDEA that banana peels as a slip-and-fall trope had such a grim history explaining why.
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Banana Peel - TV Tropes
Guaranteed to send a character into a Slippery Skid (of which this is a Sub-Trope), a Banana Peel is one of the most dangerous things you can encounter in a cartoon. Just stepping on one will inevitab...
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September 2, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I had NO IDEA that banana peels as a slip-and-fall trope had such a grim history explaining why.
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tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwik...
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Drop an old person you’re going to turn into in the future.
September 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Drop an old person you’re going to turn into in the future.
HELLO UNIVERSE!
Namas Dei: The Tucker J. James Story will have its WORLD PREMIERE at Cinema Diverse, on September 25th, at 2pm, @ Theatre 1 @The Palm Springs Cultural Center. This year's festival is dubbed "The Storytellers Era"! Here’s the full schedule: www.psculturalcenter.org/filmfest/sch...
Namas Dei: The Tucker J. James Story will have its WORLD PREMIERE at Cinema Diverse, on September 25th, at 2pm, @ Theatre 1 @The Palm Springs Cultural Center. This year's festival is dubbed "The Storytellers Era"! Here’s the full schedule: www.psculturalcenter.org/filmfest/sch...
SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE, Cinema Diverse, Palm Springs Cultural Center
www.psculturalcenter.org
August 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
HELLO UNIVERSE!
Namas Dei: The Tucker J. James Story will have its WORLD PREMIERE at Cinema Diverse, on September 25th, at 2pm, @ Theatre 1 @The Palm Springs Cultural Center. This year's festival is dubbed "The Storytellers Era"! Here’s the full schedule: www.psculturalcenter.org/filmfest/sch...
Namas Dei: The Tucker J. James Story will have its WORLD PREMIERE at Cinema Diverse, on September 25th, at 2pm, @ Theatre 1 @The Palm Springs Cultural Center. This year's festival is dubbed "The Storytellers Era"! Here’s the full schedule: www.psculturalcenter.org/filmfest/sch...
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"𝚃𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗: 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑."
- 𝙱𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚑𝚊
- 𝙱𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚑𝚊
August 19, 2025 at 4:43 AM
"𝚃𝚑𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜 𝚌𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚋𝚎 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚗: 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚞𝚗, 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚘𝚘𝚗, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚞𝚝𝚑."
- 𝙱𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚑𝚊
- 𝙱𝚞𝚍𝚍𝚑𝚊
Jet lag is a creature of unimaginable torment.
August 12, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Jet lag is a creature of unimaginable torment.
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Playing Elastica at the Small Town Liquor Store and explaining to everyone who’s into it that we don’t have more elastica bc the dude from blur was such a shit boyfriend so what we have is two breakup albums spaced years apart and what if we had more elastica and less blur is what I’m saying
August 11, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Playing Elastica at the Small Town Liquor Store and explaining to everyone who’s into it that we don’t have more elastica bc the dude from blur was such a shit boyfriend so what we have is two breakup albums spaced years apart and what if we had more elastica and less blur is what I’m saying