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‘In Our Day,’ ‘Hollywoodgate’ Claim Top Prizes at El Gouna Film Festival
Variety via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoSouth Korean director Hong Sang-soo was awarded the El Gouna Gold Star for best narrative film for...
Main Takeaways From El Gouna Film Festival: ‘I See It as a Hub for Arab Filmmakers’
Variety via Yahoo News UK· 6 months agoThe 6th edition of the El Gouna Film Festival (GFF) has wrapped with a feeling of quiet triumph. The...
‘The Swimmers’ Star Manal Issa Was ‘Devastated’ by the Film’s ‘Orientalist Cliches’
Indiewire via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoMany cinephiles had high expectations for “The Swimmers,” Sally El-Hosaini’s Netflix film about two...
From refugee to Olympian: Inside Netflix biopic 'The Swimmers'
Euronews via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoChampion swimmer Yusra Mardini was profoundly moved by the movie retelling of her epic journey from...
Netflix 'The Swimmers' follows refugee Yusra Mardini's path to the Olympics while trying to 'cling'...
Yahoo News Canada· 2 years agoSally El Hosaini told the story of how Yusra Mardini and her sister fled war-torn Syria and made it...
Jack Thorne hopes The Swimmers will challenge attitudes towards refugees
PA Media: Movies via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBafta award-winning scriptwriter Jack Thorne has said he wanted to be involved in a film about a...
Filmmaker Sally El Hosaini On Why She Decided To Make A Mighty Splash With ‘The Swimmers’ – Toronto...
Deadline via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoEXCLUSIVE: Five days before filmmaker Sally El Hosaini (My Brother the Devil) was ready to declare...
‘The Swimmers’ Stars Manal & Nathalie Issa Said They Couldn’t Swim When They Were Cast – Toronto
Deadline via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoManal Issa and Nathalie Issa, real life sisters who play a pair of Olympic swimming hopefuls, also...
TIFF Opens with A24, Netflix, and Apple’s Bids for Oscar and Commercial Success
Indiewire via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoThursday’s death of Queen Elizabeth II dominated the news cycle, but the first day of the Toronto...
TIFF Kicks Off on Historic Day With ‘Swimmers,’ but Finds Itself in the Deep End With Ticketing Woes
Variety via Yahoo News UK· 2 years agoThe Toronto International Film Festival kicked off on a historic day with one of its strongest...