Edge Rewrite
// request.cf · coarse context

A page that knows where it met you.

Only coarse request metadata is shown. This demo does not display or persist visitor IP addresses.

Country
US
Cloudflare location
CMH
Connection
HTTP/2
Language
Not provided

Ray ID: a2890c5b7f3c6e2a

Jump to content

Meredith Hama-Brown

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Meredith Hama-Brown is a Canadian actress and filmmaker from Vancouver, British Columbia. She is known for her full-length feature film debut, Seagrass, which premiered in the Discovery program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival,[1] winning the FIPRESCI Prize.[2]

Career

[edit]

Hama-Brown first attracted attention for her short film titled Broken Bunny, which won the Sea to Sky Award at the 2018 Vancouver International Film Festival.[3]

Her music video for Alaskan Tapes's song "And, We Disappear" was nominated for the Prism Prize in 2020.[4]

In 2022, her performance as Maddie in the film Be Still, for which she won the Leo Award for Best Supporting Performance by a Female in a Motion Picture.[5]

Her full-length feature film debut, Seagrass, premiered in the Discovery program at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival,[1] winning the FIPRESCI Prize.[2] The film, starring Ally Maki, Luke Roberts, Chris Pang, Sarah Gadon, and Nyha Huang Breitkreuz, among others, also screened at the 2023 Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival,[6] the 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival,[7] and the 2023 Atlantic International Film Festival, winning Outstanding Canadian Feature Film at Cinéfest.[8] For her work on Seagrass, she also won several Vancouver Film Critics Awards including Best British Columbia Film, Best British Columbia Director, and Best Supporting Actress in a Canadian Film.[9]

References

[edit]
  1. 1 2 "Sudbury-shot 'traumedy' to be a Cinefest special presentation". thesudburystar. Archived from the original on 2023-07-28. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
  2. 1 2 Zilko, Christian (2023-09-17). "'American Fiction' Wins People's Choice Award at 2023 TIFF (Complete Winners List)". IndieWire. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
  3. Adrian Mack, "Haida-language feature Edge of the Knife wins VIFF’s top B.C. Spotlight awards". The Georgia Straight, October 6, 2018.
  4. Sarah Murphy, "Here are the 2020 Prism Prize Finalists". Exclaim!, February 27, 2020.
  5. Ahearn, Victoria. "Portraits From a Fire among big Leo Award winners". Retrieved 2026-04-23.
  6. "Sudbury-shot 'traumedy' to be a Cinefest special presentation". thesudburystar. Archived from the original on 2023-07-28. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
  7. Smith, Charlie (2023-09-26). "VIFF 2023: Seagrass takes a deep dive into a troubled mixed-race marriage foundering on the rocks of B.C. history". Pancouver. Retrieved 2024-06-02.
  8. "Cinéfest reveals 2023 award winners". Sudbury.com. 2023-09-28. Retrieved 2026-04-23.
  9. "VFCC Loves 'BlackBerry'". Northern Stars. February 13, 2024. Archived from the original on February 13, 2024. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
[edit]