Sally El Hosaini’s true-life drama tells the story of sisters and champion swimmers Yusra and Sara Mardini, who escaped the Syrian Civil War over the Aegean Sea to Europe and then competed in the 2016 Olympics.
, the true-life story of Syrian refugees-turned-Olympic athletes the Mardini sisters, will be the opening night film at the 18th ZurichThe Swimmers, which will have its world premiere in Toronto, will have its European bow in Zurich on September 22. Sally El Hosaini together with the film’s stars Nathalie Issa and Matthias Schweighöfer and sisters Sara and Yusra Mardini will attend the Zurich premiere.
, El Hosaini’s feature follows the Mardini sisters’ journey after they fled the civil war in Syria in 2015, trying to escape across the Aegean Sea to Europe. When the motor of the dinghy they were ridding on cut out, the sisters, both champion swimmers, helped save the other passengers. They went on to settle in Germany, where Yusra began training again. She competed at the 2016 Olympics as part of the Refugee Olympic Team.
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