On a country road in Devon, England, live two implacably opposed neighbouring farmers, both called Derek. One believes in intensive farming, the other is giving his entire farm over to nature. As tempers fray, wild animals escape, and the land is transformed, the film charts the two Derek’s often funny turbulent relationship.
Filmmaker details : James Dawson
An experienced television documentary director with BAFTA award-winning series under his belt for ‘The Trust’ and ‘Wife Swap’, a Rose d’Or for ‘Secret Millionaire’ and a Broadcasting Press Guild award for ‘Faking It’. He has since moved into directing independent feature documentaries. The first – ‘Organ Stops: Saving the King of Instruments’ – was begun in 2018 and is about the plight of pipe organs in the UK. The film follows obsessive enthusiasts who scour the country spotting and saving precious pipe organs from churches that are closing, before the bulldozers move in. Shown at film and music festivals in US and UK, the film was eventually bought and screened by the BBC on Christmas Eve 2023. Production of his latest film Derek vs Derek started in 2022 and has been completed in January 2026.