"The Meadows" is a film directed by Maya Edelman, an animator and illustrator born in Kiyv, USSR who moved to New York City in 1993. She studied animation and film at Pratt institute and is currently living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Her animation work includes collaborations on award winning projects, including the Mushrooms episode of Broad City for which she won an EMMY award, animation for the Oscar winning documentary Icarus, and animation direction and design for award winning animated documentary shorts including The Shawl and More Than I Want To Remember which won for best animated short at Tribeca Film Festival 2022. Her installation "Dream City" is currently on view at Fulton Center in New York until 2023. She currently works as a visual development artist for animated feature films.