Olympian Yusra Mardini and director Sally El-Hosaini on the making of 'The Swimmers'

In 2015, professional swimmers and sisters Yusra and Sara Mardini escaped their home in Damascus amid the Syrian Civil War as refugees. They made the perilous journey across the Aegean Sea from Turkey, aiming for the Greek island of Lesbos, in an overcrowded dinghy with people also fleeing violence and war.

In 2015 alone, more...