| Float | |
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| Directed by | Sherren Lee |
| Written by | Jesse LaVercombe Sherren Lee |
| Based on | Float by Kate Marchant |
| Produced by | Robbie Amell Aaron Au Jeff Chan Jamie D. Greenberg Matthew Kariatsumari Aron Levitz Chris Paré Shawn Williamson |
| Starring | Andrea Bang Robbie Amell |
| Cinematography | Alfonso Chin |
| Edited by | Simone Smith |
| Music by | Dan Mangan Jesse Zubot |
Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Elevation Pictures Lionsgate |
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Running time | 100 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Float is a 2023 Canadian drama film, directed by Sherren Lee. The film stars Andrea Bang as Waverly, a young woman with a tense relationship with her parents who decides to spend the summer before starting university staying with her aunt in the coastal beach town of Holden, based on Tofino, where she is drawn into a romance with lifeguard Blake (Robbie Amell) when he gives her swimming lessons.[1]
The film was written by Lee and Jesse LaVercombe, as an adaptation of a Wattpad story by writer Kate Marchant.[2] The character of Waverly was not written as being of Asian ancestry in the original story, but Lee chose to write the film adaptation that way so that she could draw on some of her own cultural background.[1]
The film premiered at the 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival, and screened in the Canadian Narrative Competition at the 2023 Calgary International Film Festival.[3]
It went into commercial release on February 9, 2024.[4]
- ^ a b Rebecca Sun, "Lionsgate Boards Robbie Amell’s Wattpad Romance ‘Float’". The Hollywood Reporter, October 1, 2021.
- ^ Liza Sardi, "Lionsgate boards Robbie Amell-led Float". Playback, October 4, 2021.
- ^ Aryn Toombs, "Calgary International Film Festival adds new competition to 2023". LiveWire Calgary, August 16, 2023.
- ^ Ralph Lucas, "Canadians in Movies, Coming Soon". Northern Stars, January 12, 2024.