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2016 Canadian film
The Stairs
Directed byHugh Gibson
Produced byHugh Gibson
Alan Zweig
StarringMartin Thompson
Greg Bell
Roxanne Smith
CinematographyHugh Gibson
Cam Woykin
Edited byAndres Landau
Ryan Noth
Production
company		Midnight Lamp Films
Release date
  • 12 September 2016 (2016-09-12) (TIFF)
Running time95 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Film crew, IFFI (2017)

The Stairs is a Canadian documentary film by Hugh Gibson, released in 2016. 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.

The film was shot over a period of five years.

The film won the award for Best Canadian Film at the Toronto Film Critics Association Awards 2016. It was a finalist for Best Documentary Film, but did not win.

References

  1. Jason Gorber, "TIFF Review: ‘The Stairs’". Point of View, September 11, 2016.
  2. 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.
  3. John Semley, "In doc The Stairs, residents take ownership of storytelling". Toronto Star, October 6, 2016.
  4. Chris Knight, "Toronto Film Critics Association names The Stairs best Canadian film of 2016". National Post, January 11, 2017.
  5. Norman Wilner, "Toronto critics bask in the Moonlight" Archived 2021-12-05 at the Wayback Machine. Now, December 12, 2016.

External links

Toronto Film Critics Association's Rogers Award for Best Canadian Film
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Documentary


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