The Stairs (2016 film)
(Redirected from Hugh Gibson (director))
| The Stairs | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Hugh Gibson |
| Produced by | Hugh Gibson Alan Zweig |
| Starring | Martin Thompson Greg Bell Roxanne Smith |
| Cinematography | Hugh Gibson Cam Woykin |
| Edited by | Andres Landau Ryan Noth |
Production company | Midnight Lamp Films |
Release date |
|
Running time | 95 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
,_in_Panaji,_Goa_on_November_23,_2017.jpg)
The Stairs is a Canadian documentary film by Hugh Gibson, released in 2016.[1] The film, which premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival, centres on the clients and staff of StreetHealth, a harm reduction health clinic in the Regent Park area of Toronto.[2]
The film was shot over a period of five years.[3]
The film won the award for Best Canadian Film at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2016.[4] It was a finalist for Best Documentary Film, but did not win.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Jason Gorber, "TIFF Review: ‘The Stairs’". Point of View, September 11, 2016.
- ^ Calum Marsh, "‘It had to be honest’: How Hugh Gibson captured life in a community of drug users and sex workers". National Post, October 7, 2016.
- ^ John Semley, "In doc The Stairs, residents take ownership of storytelling". Toronto Star, October 6, 2016.
- ^ Chris Knight, "Toronto Film Critics Association names The Stairs best Canadian film of 2016". National Post, January 11, 2017.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "Toronto critics bask in the Moonlight" Archived 2021-12-05 at the Wayback Machine. Now, December 12, 2016.
External links
[edit]- The Stairs at IMDb
 | This article related to a Canadian documentary film of the 2010s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- 2016 films
- 2016 documentary films
- Canadian documentary films
- Regent Park
- Documentary films about Toronto
- Documentary films about health care
- Harm reduction
- Films shot in Toronto
- English-language Canadian films
- Documentary films about poverty in Canada
- 2010s English-language films
- 2010s Canadian films
- English-language documentary films
- 2010s Canadian film stubs
- 2010s documentary film stubs
- Canadian documentary film stubs