Movie tells true story of Syrian refugees who became Olympic competitors
was co-written and directed by Sally El Hosaini, a Welsh-Egyptian filmmaker whose first feature, 2012’s, was a critical and festival hit. She has also directed episodes of the British TV comedy-dramaReal-life sisters Manal and Nathalie Issa will play Yusra and Sarah Mardini, who fled Syria in 2015 and helped push a boatload of refugees through the Aegean Sea to Lesbos when the craft’s engine stopped working.
The film joins a short but growing list of world premieres at TIFF this year. They include Steven Spielberg’s, a medieval kids comedy from Lena Dunham, creator of TV’s
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