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Red Carpet Premiere of The Swimmers @TIFF2022

The Swimmers opens TIFF 2022 with a red carpet gala at the Roy Thomson Hall.

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2 years ago

September 16, 2022

It was quite the night for the film The Swimmers which took opening night at the now in-person version of the Toronto International Film Festival. The story of two swimmers Yusra and Sarah Mardini who flee from the war-torn country of Syria all the way to the 2016 Olympics. CEO Cameron Bailey choose this film to open TIFF 2022 and we were delighted to be there on the red carpet for a dazzling opening night. We were able to get an interview with both of the actresses Manal and Nathalie Assal who play the Mardinini sisters. The director Sally El Hosaini and actor Matthias Scheweighöfer who plays one of the coaches in The Swimmers.

Click below for our interview with director Sally El Hosaini of The Swimmers

Here is our FERNTV interview with actresses Manal and Nathalie Assal

Here is our interview with Matthias Schweighöfer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY4IMBdwH3A

The Swimmers | Official Teaser | Netflix (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OY4IMBdwH3A)

Related Topics:NETFLIX Olympics sports Syria TIFF TORONTO TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WOMEN DIRECTORS WOMEN FILMMAKERS

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Fernando Fernandez

Fernando Fernandez is a graduate of Environmental Studies at York University in Toronto. He became interested in entertainment journalism in the late 2000s writing for online startups. He founded FERNTV in 2009 and focused mainly on the film industry. With over a thousand interviews conducted with all walks of life in film, he is still learning as if every day is day one.