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Dreamweaver - Jacquie Beddows

Jacquie Beddows suffered a stroke and aneurysm in 2011 when she was 50 years old. It took her many months to be able to walk and talk again. Whilst no longer being able to work as an Early Childhood Support worker, she established Singing for Wellness in 2015 and Art for Wellness in 2019 at Seawinds Community Hub, Rosebud, by successfully applying for grants. Although still challenged in many ways, Jacquie’s focus is not on herself, but on helping and inspiring others who’ve had life changing events.

  • Heather Forbes McKeon
    Director
  • Yanni Dellaportas
    Director
    The Shell, Liquid
  • Heather Forbes McKeon
    Writer
    The Shell
  • Heather Forbes McKeon
    Producer
  • Jacquie Beddows
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 28, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    0 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital DSLR 1920 X 1080
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Peninsula Film Festival
    Mornington Peninsula
    Australia
    March 12, 2022
    Victorian Premiere
    My Local Hero category
Director Biography - Heather Forbes McKeon, Yanni Dellaportas

Heather Forbes-McKeon is a playwright, screenwriter, poet, short film director and producer and radio producer. Heather completed a Masters in Writing and Literature at Deakin University in 2014. Heather wrote and produced the short film ‘The Shell’ in 2018. She also produced a series of ten radio plays for RPP FM over 2017 - 2018. Melbourne Writer’s Theatre have produced some of her works including: ‘Hope’ in 2017, ‘‘Desperate & Dirty at Twilight’ in 2019 and both 'Iso in Fountain Lakes' and ‘This Sheila’s Lockdown’ in 2020. Heather is the founder and convenor of Poets Corner; a Mornington Peninsula based group of performance-bards. She is currently working on a web series of documentaries and is writing her second full-length feature screenplay.

Yanni Dellaportas
Yanni, is a professional visual storyteller who works where he lives on the Mornington Peninsula as a well-established photographer and digital artist. Yanni began creating and directing short films in 2018. Past credits include: ‘The Shell’ (2018), ‘Liquid’ (music video- 2018) and as co- director on ‘Dreamweaver – Jacquie Beddows’ (2022). He is currently collaborating as co-director on web-series of documentaries entitled ‘Dreamweavers’.
Yanni’s award-winning photographs have been exhibited in fine art and photographic exhibitions across Australia. His work is widely recognised having been published in leading Australian newspapers, magazines, photo books and international novels.
Since the 1990s his work as a photojournalist and innovative digital artist has kept Yanni’s work in the public consciousness. His photographs are immediately recognizable. From iconic landscapes to breathtaking thunderstorms, local wildlife or the people in his community, Yanni’s photographs are synonymous with quality and insight.

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Director Statement

Dreamweaver – Jacquie Beddows is a short documentary film about a woman who inspires others. The intention is to show how a person who has had a life changing event, can achieve a lot to turn around their own life and the lives of others through her love of music and painting, sheer determination, and hard work.