PUBLICITY CONTACT
Publicist: Cynthia Amsden
Tel: +1 (416) 910-7740
Email: roundstonepr@me.com
SYNOPSIS
HURT is a documentary portrait of Steve Fonyo, who in 1985, at 19 years of age, completed his run across Canada, after having lost his left leg to cancer. At first denounced as a Terry Fox copycat and unable to generate many donations, it was an uphill battle until Steve ran past the spot where Terry Fox had been forced to stop. Suddenly, publicity picked up, donations poured in and by the time he reached the Pacific Ocean, he had raised $13 million for cancer research and was named to the Order of Canada. The next 30 years were straight downhill: petty theft, larceny, and drug addiction until the Order of Canada was rescinded in 2010. Steve Fonyo today is a mass of contradictions. Spend a year in the world of this one-time hero and see how the run has nothing to do with his life and everything to do with it.
PRESS KIT
Production notes — click to download PDF from Google Drive
Production stills — click to download hi-res JPEGs
Key art — TIFF Platform (JPEG + PDF)
Broadcast clips — 10+ clips (.MOV and .MP4)
Broadcast trailer — TIFF Platform (.MOV and .MP4)
Press Releases
January 14, 2015 — Acclaimed feature documentary, HURT, premieres on Superchannel
September 20, 2015 — HURT Wins PLATFORM Prize at 2015 Toronto International Film Festival
August 13, 2015 — HURT, The New Documentary From Alan Zweig To Have World Premiere at 2015 Toronto International Film Festival
Press Coverage
March 2017
03.21.2017
NOW Magazine (HotDocs 2017)
September 2016
09.27.2016
The Westender (Vancouver)
June 2016
06.06.2016
The Times Picayune (See The North, New Orleans)
April 2016
04.24.2016
Toronto Sun
04.20.2016
The Film Corner (National Canadian Film Day)
04.13.2016
Powell River Peak
March 2016
03.13.2016
Cinemabloger (Canadian Screen Awards)
Examiner.com (Canadian Screen Awards)
Voir.com (Canadian Screen Awards)
03.13.2016
Canoe.ca (Canadian Screen Awards) (picked up by Edmonton Sun and others)
ChinoKino (Canadian Screen Awards)
ET Canada (Canadian Screen Awards)
Journal Metro (Canadian Screen Awards)
Playback (Canadian Screen Awards)
03.11.2016
Canoe.ca (Canadian Screen Awards)
February 2016
02.18.2016
Kingston Whig-Standard
January 2016
01.29.2016
One Movie, Our Views (Best of 2015)
01.25.2016
The Peak (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
01.19.2016
Realscreen (Canadian Screen Awards nomination)
01.18.2016
TV, eh? (Superchannel premiere)
01.14.2016
The Georgia Straight (Interview w/A.Zweig)
01.11.2016
VancityBuzz (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
01.09.2016
CBC News (Winnipeg)
Fresh from the Theatre (Review)
01.08.2016
Face2Face Podcast (Interview w/A.Zweig)
Post City Toronto (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
Toronto Star (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
Vancouver Observer (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
01.06.2016
Now Magazine (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
The Globe & Mail (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
01.04.2016
Toronto Life (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
December 2015
12.23.2015
Georgia Straight (Best of 2015)
12.11.2015
Georgia Straight (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
The Globe & Mail (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
12.09.2015
CTV News (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
Hamilton Spectator (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
Montreal Gazette (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
TheYoungFolks.com (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
12.08.2015
Chino Kino (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
Hollywood Reporter (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
Playback (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
The Globe & Mail (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
Toronto Star (Canada’s Top Ten Film Festival)
October 2015
10.21.2015
Next Projection (Interview w/Steve Fonyo)
10.16.2015
Electric Sheep Magazine
10.16.2015
Sarnia Observer
10.08.2015
People’s World
10.01.2015
POV Magazine (Interview w/A.Zweig)
September 2015
09.30.2015
The Georgia Straight
Vancouver Observer
09.28.2015
CTV Vancouver. News at 5
CTV Morning Live
Hollywood North Magazine
09.26.2015
Post Media News (picked up by Edmonton Journal, The Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Province, Windsor Star)
Georgia Straight
09.25.2015
el popular
Times Colonist
09.23.2015
ArtInfo
filmcomment
09.22.2015
BeatRoute AB
Calgary Sun
Georgia Straight
LoudVision.it
09.21.2015
Indie London
Pitada de Cinema Cult
RealScreen
Toronto Savvy
Inhuanet
09.20.2015
Ariel Feliciano
Associated Press (picked-up by CBS Detroit, The News & Observer and others)
blogTO
CBC.ca
Entertainment Weekly
Fandor
Hollywood Reporter
National Post
NOW Magazine
Playback
Post Media Network (picked-up by The Montreal Gazette, Vancouver Province)
The Guardian
Toronto Star
Toronto Sun
09.19.2015
Filmmaker Magazine (Review)
Post Media Network (picked-up by The Calgary Sun)
09.18.2015
CBC.ca
CBC Radio “Day 6” (Interview w/S.Fonyo and A.Zweig)
CBC News “The National” (Interview w/S.Fonyo)
Toronto Film Scene (Review)
Vice.com
09.17.2015
Dork Shelf (Interview w/A.Zweig)
One Movie, Our Views
09.16.2015
Getty Images
Reel Screen
09.15.2015
Le Soleil
The Canadian Press (picked-up by 610 CKTB, CTV News, Global News, La Presse, Montreal Gazette, MSN.com, The Chronicle Herald, Yahoo News Canada and others)
Toronto Sun
Toronto Sun (TIFF Day 6 photos)
09.14.2015
Dorkshelf (Review)
The Globe & Mail (3 films worth lining up for today)
09.13.2015
The Globe & Mail (Interview w/A. Zweig)
09.12.2015
Canadian Press (Interview w/A. Zwieg picked-up by CP24, CTV News, La Presse, Ottawa Citizen, Winnipeg Free Press and others)
Strictly Docs
09.11.2015
National Post (Feature story; picked up by Canada.com, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, The Star Phoenix, Vancouver Sun and others).
National Post
Torontoist
Toronto Star
The Globe & Mail
09.10.2015
Ici Radio Canada
09.09.2015
Calgary Sun
09.08.2015
The Canadian Jewish News
09.07.2015
Canadian Press (picked-up by 1310 News, CJAD Radio, CP24, CTVNews,Le Huffington Post, mySask.com and others)
09.05.2015
Canadian Running Magazine
09.04.2015
Ottawa Sun
Toronto Star
Toronto Sun (picked-up by Winnipeg Sun and other Postmedia publications)
09.03.2015
NOW Magazine — NNNN Listing
Toronto Star
09.01.2015
The Globe & Mail
August 2015
08.25.2015
The Film Corner
Westender Vancouver
08.24.2015
RealScreen
Reel West
Vancouver Observer
08.14.2015
Hollywood North Magazine
RealScreen
08.13.2015
Canoe.ca
CBC.CA
Chino Kino
Cinemablographer
Collider.com
Examiner.com
Deadline Hollywood
Exclaim.ca
Fandor.com
Film Pulse
Hollywood Reporter
ION Cinema
IndieWire “The Playlist”
Playback
Screen Daily
The Globe & Mail
The Wrap
TO411
Toronto Star
Toronto Star
Variety
08.12.2015
Canadian Press (picked-up by Calgary Herald, CJAD Radio, CTV, La Presse, Le Devoir, London Free Press, Toronto Sun, Winnipeg Free Press + others)