Float Like a Butterfly

Float Like a Butterfly is an Irish drama film, directed by Carmel Winters and released in 2018.[1] The film stars Hazel Doupe as Frances, a young Irish Traveller girl who idolizes Muhammad Ali and aspires to become a boxer.[2]

Float Like a Butterfly
Film poster
Directed byCarmel Winters
Written byCarmel Winters
Produced byDavid Collins
Martina Niland
StarringHazel Doupe
Dara Devaney
Johnny Collins
CinematographyMichael Lavelle
Edited byJulian Ulrichs
Production
companies
Samson Films
Port Pictures
Release date
  • 7 September 2018 (2018-09-07) (TIFF)
CountryIreland
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Discovery Prize.[3]

References
  1. "TIFF review: Float Like A Butterfly". Now, August 31, 2018.
  2. "‘Float Like A Butterfly’: First Footage Of Toronto-Bound Irish Boxing Drama". Deadline Hollywood, August 22, 2018.
  3. "TIFF 2018 Awards: ‘Green Book’ Wins the People’s Choice Award, Upsetting ‘A Star Is Born’". IndieWire, September 16, 2018.


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