Heaven's Floor

Heaven's Floor is a 2016 Canadian/American drama film written and directed by Lori Stoll. The film stars Clea DuVall, Timothy V Murphy, Toby Huss, Katie May Dunford and Nicole Sullivan. Heaven's Floor had its world premiere at the 2016 Cinequest Film Festival on March 4, 2016.^[1]

Heaven's Floor
Film poster
Directed by	Lori Stoll
Written by	Lori Stoll
Produced by	Justin Ford Phil Rose Sally Hanson Lori Stoll Malaya Qaunirq Chapman
Starring	Clea DuVall Timothy V Murphy Toby Huss Katie May Dunford Nicole Sullivan
Cinematography	George Billinger Daniel Moder
Edited by	Timothy Snell Russell Denove
Music by	J. Peter Robinson
Production company	Road to Nowhere Film Company
Release date	September 30, 2016 (2016-09-30) (Edmonton International Film Festival)
Running time	86 minutes
Countries	Canada United States
Languages	English Inuktitut

Plot

Julia, a Los Angeles photographer, joins an expedition to the Canadian Arctic. She arrives ill-equipped and later finds herself stranded when she is rescued by an eleven year old Inuk girl, Malaya, and her uncle. They take Julia to a small Inuit community where she becomes attached to Malaya. Later in Los Angeles Julia learns of tragic events in the Arctic and returns to adopt Malaya. Once in Los Angeles the little girl struggles to find acceptance.

Cast

• Clea DuVall as Julia
• Timothy V Murphy as Jack
• Toby Huss as Ed
• Katie May Dunford as Malaya
• Nicole Sullivan as Karen

Awards

• Heaven's Floor won the Grand Jury Award at the 2016 Alaska International Film Awards ^[2]
• Katie May Dunford won Best Actress at the 2016 El Dorado Film Festival.