News & Updates
making waves
Our short film ‘Saw Making’ is screening in Saudi Arabia with distributor Cinewaves.
Oct 2021
nominee - best in yorkshire
Our short documentary ‘The Saw Makers’ is up for Best Yorkshire Film at the Sheffield Shorts Film Festival
Apr 2021
live drone operating - summer on the farm
All across the week on Channel 5 - see our LIVE drone operating at 8pm each night.
Jun 2020
Art, Craft and Imagination - A Peep into the World of Puppets
An exhibition featuring our film Woodcarving & Puppet Making with Jan Zalud, curated by John Roberts.
Apr 2020
made in britain
We provided the series drone content for ITV4’s second series of Made in Britian, flying up and down the country.
Sept 2019
Springtime on the farm
We provided the series drone content for Channel 5’s second series of Springtime on the Farm, now available on catch up.
May 2019
Stand and Deliver
A lovely post about our upcoming midwifery documentary from Stand & Deliver, a pregnancy, birth & mothering blog
Dec 2018
Real to Real: The Craft Film Festival: Day 3
Festival Preview from the Crafts Council
“There’s a seam of heritage craft running through this year’s programme exemplified by a beautiful documentary on Owen Jones, an oak swill basket weaver based in the Lake District. Directed by Jacob Hesmondhalgh, this is an intimate portrait of a master maker.”
May 2017
puppet place - ‘Crafted: The Art of Making’: A Documentary with Jan Zalud
From Puppet Place News Blog - looking inside our film with maker Jan Zalud
“I wanted to create films that championed ‘makers’ and beautifully showed their skill, without it having to be described. This series of films features no interviews, no narration and no music. Purely observational in style, detailing the various stages in the creation of an object, whether it an art or craft.”
Apr 2017
Low impact - What we’re losing: the joy and satisfaction of crafting things by hand
From LowImpact.org - covering maker Jan Zalud, our film Woodcarving & Puppet Making and the future of handmade crafts
“One more thing – the argument – that organic food / craft products / non-toxic or non-exploitative good generally are unfaffordable – is often put by people wearing £150 trainers, who fly on regular ‘city breaks’, shop as a leisure activity and own giant, flat-screen TVs. It’s a question of priorities..”
Mar 2017
Low impact - Beautiful, meditative video on the art of oak swill basket weaving
From LowImpact.org - a lovely piece on our film and the history of Oak Swill Weaving
“no interview, no music, just an almost hypnotic and definitely meditative study of Owen using traditional tools and natural materials to make beautiful things.”
Jul 2016
The Family & the Animals at Weyauwega Int Film Festival 15’
From Rex Sikes’s Movie Beat Blog - reporting from the day of the festival - we won!
“One of the commenters addressed a peculiar aspect of the film “The Family and the Animals’ by Marie Hobson and directed by Jacob Hesmondhalgh. There is no narration, there are no subtitles, the viewer is thrown into the same world the filmmakers were, however, as the commenter pointed out, which is accurate, the story is still very clear and easy to follow from the visuals alone. You get it…
Best Documentary Short goes to “The Family And The Animals’. England/Zimbabwe”
Nov 2015
