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Directed by | Sally El-Hosaini |
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Cinematography | Christopher Ross |
Edited by | Iain Kitching |
Music by | Steven Price |
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Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 134 minutes[1] |
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The Swimmers is a 2022 biographical sports drama film directed by Sally El Hosaini based on a screenplay co-written by Sally El Hosaini and Jack Thorne. The film stars real-life sisters Nathalie Issa and Manal Issa,[2] Ahmed Malek, Matthias Schweighöfer, Ali Suliman, Kinda Alloush, James Krishna Floyd, and Elmi Rashid Elmi.
The Swimmers had its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2022,[3] and was released in select cinemas on November 11, 2022. It was shown at the evening gala of the Marrakesh International Film Festival on November 18, 2022, before its streaming release on November 23, 2022, by Netflix.