• The Swimmers
  • The Swimmers
  • The Swimmers
  • The Swimmers

The incredible journey of swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini, who used their skills for hours to push a boat full of refugees as they fled from Syria. The following year, Yusra, the youngest, competed in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Based on a true story.

Sally El Hosaini

Sally El Hosaini

Welsh-Egyptian director and screenwriter Sally El Hosaini was born in 1976. She won the Bafta for her first short film, The Fifth Bowl (2008), and gained a lot more laurels with her debut feature, My Brother the Devil (2012).

  • The Swimmers
  • The Swimmers
  • The Swimmers
  • The Swimmers