Weave Films

13/08/2023

11/09/2022

When Queen Elizabeth II visited Darwin in 1977, it seems someone forgot to brief her on the Aussie rules grand final match she attended. She wore a red and white dress - the very colours of one of the teams. Here’s St Mary's Football Club's former president, and the longest-ever running president in AFL history, Vic Ludwig, describing the crowd's reaction. An excerpt from my short documentary Uncle Vic on (https://iview.abc.net.au/show/uncle-vic) and currently touring as part of the NT Travelling Film Festival.

07/06/2022

Excited podcast is now released - the series digs into 30 years of police corruption in Queensland and how the women the crooked officers exploited - the madams, s*x workers, entrepreneurs - would be their ultimate demise.

How to LISTEN? Search “dig” on your favourite listen app.

I hope those who love a good yarn take the time to listen and enjoy the stories of four women and how they each played a role in challenging the corrupt system. It was a privilege to bring their stories together in this series.

Worked with a fantastic team at ABC Audio Studios - from journalist and author, and our presenter and producer Matthew Condon who has spent his career following this wild chapter in Queensland’s history and the producing team including ever-perceptive and creative executive producer Clare Rawlinson, our super producer Cheyne Anderson, and two talented producers and fact checkers Phoebe Hosier and Jim Malo.

It takes a village to raise a podcast. We also had a fantastic engineer Simon Branthwaite and composer Hamish Camilleri weaving their audio magic, as well as insightful script editors Sophie Townsend and Michael Dulaney … and the expert ears of the wider team at Audio Studios and Radio National.

https://www.abc.net.au/radio/programs/dig/sirens-are-coming/13905898

05/03/2022

Nothing gets between Vic Ludwig and his love of football - especially his age. now: http://ab.co/subscribeThe 92-year-old’s dedica...

06/07/2021

Our latest film ... now on
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/uncle-vic
And while you're at it, we recommend taking the time to enjoy the other short films fresh from the Northern Territory. They , they sparkle.
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Darwin International Film Festival ABC TV + iview Screen Territory Emma Masters James Mangohig Settle Down Records Skinnyfish Tall Tale Audio St Mary's Football Club
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Open in iview app Uncle Vic Nothing gets between Vic Ludwig and his football - especially his age. The 92-year-old's dedication to his beloved St Mary's Football Club has earned him the title of the longest-ever serving club president in AFL.

06/07/2021

As part of NAIDOC week, ABC has released UncleVic on
https://iview.abc.net.au/show/uncle-vic
And while you're at it, highly recommend taking the time to enjoy the other short films fresh from the Northern Territory. They , they sparkle.
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Darwin International Film Festival ABC TV + iview Screen Territory Weave Films James Mangohig Settle Down Records Skinnyfish Tall Tale Audio St Mary's Football Club
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04/07/2021

It has been described as a quiet revolution - a growing move by Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory to educate children "both ways" where they learn ...

01/06/2021

is about to be streamed on ABC TV + iview

Excited to announce that Uncle Vic will premiere on ABC iView as part of celebrations that kick off on July 4, 2021.
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Darwin International Film Festival ABC TV + iview Settle Down Records
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06/05/2021

Here's a sneak peak to the short doc we made with ... it's a glimpse into Darwin's football history, the leadership and passion of Territorians, and the growth of women's football.

06/05/2021

Our friends at Accomplice are looking for an Operations Manager ... interested? Visit: http://creativeaccomplice.com.au/employment

The ACCOMPLICE team works to produce, support and curate community arts and development of artists and their creative practices while creating high quality creative community programming.

28/10/2020

A privilege to work with Indigenous Carbon Industry Network to create a series of social media videos off the back of this year's Savanna Fire Forum that talks about the outcomes of the work and key issues facing Indigenous land managers, scientists and the global market.
- posting with Emma Masters

09/10/2020

Weave Films loves telling important stories and it was a pleasure to work with Menzies, Monash University and Arnhem Land Progress Association and communities to show this vital research in action. It’s just been published in the Lancet! We made one 5 minute documentary and then a series of shorter videos for social media.

Emma Masters

17/07/2020

It's good to see our friends in South Australia have found a way to keep moving forward during the coronavirus pandemic. If you haven't seen it already, the SA Film Corp have launched a fabulous tool covid-safe assessment tool. Speaking of good things, a welcome announcement from the Federal government - $400 million dollars to ramp up attracting productions - because that will mean jobs for lots of people who have been struggling during this new world order.

The creative team at Closer Productions has resumed pre-production on the ABC comedy ‘Aftertaste’ (working title), which stars Erik Thomson as a temperamental chef, using a new risk development tool. Advertisement       .

12/06/2020

After a gormless politician has second thoughts about greenlighting a controversial mining technique, he teams up with an earnest conspiracy-nut and his acti...

29/05/2020

Filmmaker friends - the Australian Screen Production Industry COVID-Safe Guidelines (v.1 dated 28 May 2020) that have been released today.

Check out the Screen Australia website to download
https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/production-during-covid-19

20/05/2020

Screen briefing on safe return to work

To help the screen industry get back to work safely, AFTRS, in conjunction with MEAA, SPA and screen agencies, is coordinating the development of industry Covid-19 safety guidelines.

Crew are invited to a Zoom meeting this Thursday to find out where the process is up to, how they can have input, and next steps to getting back to work.

When: 3pm on Thursday, May 21
Where: via Zoom
https://meaa.zoom.us/j/94312991707
Who: MEAA crew members and non-members welcome

PS: Don’t forget to vote in The Great Australian Binge and share it with friends and family to support the industry.

13/05/2020

Who needs when you've got this gold!

In 1991, eight Americans entered isolation in a purpose-built 'terrarium' for two years; were they visionaries, or victims of a cult-like organisation?

04/05/2020

From news to drama and everything in between - the cuts to the ABC stop our stories from being captured and told, and removes the ABC from its very own communities. We've seen cuts across everything from local sport to classical concerts, the axing of local current affairs, less radio shows being made locally and a significantly diminished pool of funding for documentaries and drama. And as Australians turn to Netflix, Amazon Prime and the like during COVID-19 lockdown, the government continues to struggle to find the will to enforce local content quotas - a move that would be a major game changer to the local industry and create a renaissance of Australian content being made. This report is depressing.

It's even worse than it looks.