The Swimmers is now on Netflix and, despite a deluge of movies available every day on the streamer, this is one that viewers are paying special attention to. An inspiring tale based on the real ...

Directed by Sally El Hosaini and based on a true story, The Swimmers premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 8 Jen Juneau is a News and Movies Staff Writer at PEOPLE. She ...

The Swimmers, like most movies based on a true story, condensed or changed some details of the Mardinis’ story in order to make a more efficient, entertaining movie.

Sept. 1 (UPI) --Netflix on Thursday released the trailer for its upcoming sports drama The Swimmers, which will premiere on the streaming service Nov. 23. The film will follow the true story of a ...

Netflix-The Working Title movie The Swimmers, about real-life sisters as refugees from war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, will open the 2022 Toronto Film Festival.

In November 2022, Netflix premiered the film The Swimmers on its platform. The movie is about real-life sisters Sara and Yusra Mardini and their journey to escape the Syrian Civil War.

But “The Swimmers,” which opened the Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, is a rare mixture of the two: It’s an inspirational sports movie about a pair of Syrian swimmers ...

Sally El Hosaini (“Babylon”) spotlights the excruciating journey of two Syrian sisters, Yusra (Nathalie Issa, “My Favorite Fabric”) and Sara Mardini (Manal Issa, “Maria Schneider, 1983”), in “The ...

In most movies, an emotional triumph at the Olympics would be the principal goal for a protagonist. In “The Swimmers,” it’s more of a secondary swell. The film dramatizes the story of the ...

Sally El Hosaini’s Netflix movie The Swimmers will be making its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival as the opening-night film on September 8 at Roy Thomson Hall.. The pic, based on a ...

Netflix’s U.K. drama ‘The Swimmers' from British director Sally El-Hosaini screened at Roy Thomson Hall Thursday Night. TIFF: Netflix's 'The Swimmers' Gets Standing Ovation, Queen Elizabeth II ...

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 ...