Float Like a Butterfly

{{short description|Irish drama film directed by Carmel Winters}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = Float Like a Butterfly

| image = Float Like a Butterfly (2018) Film Poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| director = Carmel Winters

| producer = David Collins
Martina Niland

| writer = Carmel Winters

| starring = Hazel Doupe
Dara Devaney
Johnny Collins

| music =

| cinematography = Michael Lavelle

| editing = Julian Ulrichs

| studio = Samson Films
Port Pictures

| released = {{film date|2018|9|7|TIFF|df=yes}}

| runtime =

| country = Ireland

| language = English

| budget =

}}

Float Like a Butterfly is a 2018 Irish drama film directed by Carmel Winters.[https://nowtoronto.com/movies/tiff2018/float-like-a-butterfly/ "TIFF review: Float Like A Butterfly"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917034424/https://nowtoronto.com/movies/tiff2018/float-like-a-butterfly/ |date=17 September 2018 }}. Now, August 31, 2018. The film stars Hazel Doupe as Frances, a young Irish Traveller girl who idolizes Muhammad Ali and aspires to become a boxer.[https://deadline.com/2018/08/float-like-a-butterfly-first-footage-toronto-film-festival-1202449130/ "‘Float Like A Butterfly’: First Footage Of Toronto-Bound Irish Boxing Drama"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917105157/https://deadline.com/2018/08/float-like-a-butterfly-first-footage-toronto-film-festival-1202449130/ |date=17 September 2018 }}. Deadline Hollywood, August 22, 2018.

The film premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI Discovery Prize.[https://www.indiewire.com/2018/09/tiff-2018-awards-green-book-peoples-choice-1202004060/ "TIFF 2018 Awards: ‘Green Book’ Wins the People’s Choice Award, Upsetting ‘A Star Is Born’"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180917115833/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/09/tiff-2018-awards-green-book-peoples-choice-1202004060/ |date=17 September 2018 }}. IndieWire, September 16, 2018.