Meadowlarks (film)
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| Meadowlarks | |
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| Directed by | Tasha Hubbard |
| Written by | Tasha Hubbard Emil Sher |
| Produced by | Tyler Hagan Julia Rosenberg |
| Starring | Michael Greyeyes Carmen Moore Alex Rice Michelle Thrush |
| Cinematography | James Klopko |
| Edited by | Simone Smith |
Production companies | January Media Experimental Forest Films |
| Distributed by | Mongrel Media |
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Running time | 92 minutes[1] |
| Country | Canada |
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Meadowlarks is a Canadian drama film, directed by Tasha Hubbard and released in 2025.[2] It stars Michael Greyeyes, Carmen Moore, Alex Rice, Michelle Thrush and Lorne Duquette as five Cree siblings who were separated by the Sixties Scoop, who are meeting for the first time as adults.[3]
Hubbard's scripted narrative filmmaking debut following numerous documentary films, it is based in part on her 2017 film Birth of a Family.[2] It originally also had the working title Birth of a Family.[3]
The film was shot in fall 2024 in Golden, British Columbia, and Banff and Calgary, Alberta.[2]
Release
The film premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2025.[4]
It was subsequently screened at the 2025 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for the Panorama program.[5]