Off Set 2018 TIFF Portrait Series: Float Like a Butterfly

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Receiving some major acknowledgment in the form of the FIPRESCI​ Prize at TIFF (a Discovery Programme prize), Carmel Winters’ sophomore project comes eight years after she premiered Snap at the 2010 Karlovy Vary Film Festival. Set in 60’s countryside Ireland, Float like a Butterfly is an ode to the great heavyweight boxer who coined the phrase, and features the diminutive but nonetheless lioness heart of a young girl protagonist (Hazel Doupe plays Frances) who takes one of the chin because of her setting, sport and being of the gender who aren’t supposed to don boxing gloves.

Carmel Winters, FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY / Photo © Marie France L’Ecuyer IONCINEMA
Hazel Doupe, FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY / Photo © Marie France L’Ecuyer IONCINEMA

 

Eric Lavallée
Eric Lavalléehttps://www.ericlavallee.com
Eric Lavallée is the founder, CEO, editor-in-chief, film journalist, and critic at IONCINEMA.com, established in 2000. A regular at Sundance, Cannes, and Venice, Eric holds a BFA in film studies from the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. In 2013, he served on the narrative competition jury at the SXSW Film Festival. He was an associate producer on Mark Jackson’s "This Teacher" (2018 LA Film Festival, 2018 BFI London). He is a Golden Globes Voter, member of the ICS (International Cinephile Society) and AQCC (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma).

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