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

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

External links

• Official website
• Meredith Hama-Brown at IMDb