''Float'' is a Canadian

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

film, directed by

Sherren Lee Sherren Lee is a Canadian film and television director based in Toronto, Ontario. She is most noted for her 2017 short film ''The Things You Think I'm Thinking''.Andrea Bang Andrea Bang is a Canadian actress and screenwriter from Burnaby, British Columbia. She is best known for playing Janet Kim in the CBC comedy ''Kim's Convenience'', for which she was nominated many times at the Canadian Screen Awards. She has a ...

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

Tofino Tofino ( ) is a town of approximately 2,516 residents on the west coast of Vancouver Island in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The District of Tofino is located at the western terminus of Highway 4 on the tip of the Esowista Penins ...

, where she is drawn into a romance with lifeguard Blake (

Robbie Amell Robert Patrick Amell IV (born April 21, 1988) is a Canadian-American actor and producer. He is best-known for his roles as Stephen Jameson on The CW series ''The Tomorrow People'', Ronnie Raymond/Firestorm on The CW series ''The Flash'', Natha ...

) when he gives her swimming lessons.Rebecca Sun
"Lionsgate Boards Robbie Amell’s Wattpad Romance ‘Float’"
''

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'', October 1, 2021. The cast also includes Andrew Bachelor,

Rukiya Bernard Rukiya Bernard (born January 20, 1983) is a Canadian actress, producer and interior designer. She is known for her role as Doc in Syfy's ''Van Helsing'','' The Cabin in the Woods'' (2012), ''The Day the Earth Stood Still'' (2008) and ''Stuck'' ( ...

, Michelle Krusiec, Sarah Desjardins, Ghazal Azarbad and Tristan Arthurs. The film was written by Lee and

Jesse LaVercombe Jesse LaVercombe is a Canadian-American actor and writer. He is most noted for his performance in the film ''Violation'', for which he won the ACTRA Award for Best Actor in 2021 and received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Supporting A ...

, as an adaptation of a

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story by writer Kate Marchant. 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. The film premiered at the 2023 Vancouver International Film Festival, and screened in the Canadian Narrative Competition at the 2023 Calgary International Film Festival.Aryn Toombs
"Calgary International Film Festival adds new competition to 2023"
''LiveWire Calgary'', August 16, 2023.

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* 2023 films 2023 drama films Canadian romantic drama films 2020s Canadian films Films about Asian Canadians Films shot in British Columbia Films set in British Columbia {{2020s-Canada-film-stub