DIRECTED BY Sally El Hosaini
PRODUCED BY Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Tim Cole, Ali Jaafar
WRITTEN BY Jack Thorne and Sally El Hosaini
STARRING Nathalie Issa (Yusra), Manal Issa (Sara), Matthias Schweighöfer (Sven), Ahmed Malek (Nizar), James Krishna Floyd (Emad), Nahel Tzegai (Shada) and Kinda Alloush (Mervat) with Ali Suliman (Ezzat)
Based on a true story, THE SWIMMERS follows the journey from war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics. Two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use.