Inaugural Irish Film Festival features a film on little-known Irish nomads called Travellers

Still from the film Float Like A Butterfly starring Hazel Doupe. PHOTO: IRISH FILM FESTIVAL
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SINGAPORE - "Why don't you just walk away?" is a question that irks film-maker Carmel Winters. In her film, Float Like A Butterfly, a daughter lives with a neglectful, alcoholic father.

"'Why don't you walk away?' is a naive question," says Winters, 48.

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