The Swimmers (2022 film)

The Swimmers is a 2022 biographical sports drama film directed by Sally El Hosaini, who co-wrote the screenplay with Jack Thorne. The film stars real-life sisters Nathalie Issa and Manal Issa, Ahmed Malek, Matthias Schweighöfer, Ali Suliman, Kinda Alloush, James Krishna Floyd, and Elmi Rashid Elmi. The film follows two young sisters who embark on a risky voyage from war-torn Syria to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as one of them competes in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

The Swimmers premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2022, and was released in select cinemas on November 11 before its streaming release on November 23, by Netflix. The film was nominated at the 2023 BAFTA film awards for Outstanding British Film, received positive reviews from critics and was a global hit on Netflix, achieving no.1 in 15 countries and top 10 in 85 countries.