Tag: The Swimmers
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Netflix Leads BAFTA Nominations With 21 Nods, A24 & Searchlight Close Behind With 14 Each
Netflix leads the distributor pack with 21 nominations at the Ee BAFTA Film Awards, which were revealed on Thursday.The streamer scored 14 nods for “All Quiet on the Western Front,” three for “Pinocchio” and one each for “Blonde,” “The Swimmers,” “The Good Nurse” and “The Wonder.”Searchlight and A24 were not far behind with 14 nominations…
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Baftas 2023: Netflix leads the way among distributors with 21 nominations
Followed by Disney with 19 nominations and A24 with 14.Netflix is the leading distributor for this year’s Bafta nominations with 21 nods to its name.Netflix’s titles include German war drama All Quiet On The Western Front which scooped up the most nominations of any film this year with 14 in total. Other Netflix titles are…
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Challengers: Everything We Know so Far About the Zendaya Film
Sports movies are a niche genre of film that can often bring a variety of audiences together to enjoy an artistic piece. Many sports fans may be unsure of the world of film and many film fans may be unsure of the world of sport, making sports movies the common ground for these two often…
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‘The Swimmers’ Star Manal Issa Was ‘Devastated’ by the Film’s ‘Orientalist Cliches’
Many cinephiles had high expectations for “The Swimmers,” Sally El-Hosaini’s Netflix film about two Olympic swimmers and their harrowing experience migrating from Syria to Germany. But the film received largely negative reviews following its premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.IndieWire’s Ryan Lattanzio wrote: “At nearly two and a half hours, Netflix’s Syrian migrant…
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New Docs Boards ‘Long Distance Swimmer: Sara Mardini’ That Begins Where Toronto Opener ‘The Swimmers’ Ends (Exclusive)
Germany based New Docs, an international sales agency specializing in documentaries, has boarded sales on documentary “Long Distance Swimmer: Sara Mardini,” written and directed by Charly Wai Feldman (HBO’s “The Talwars”).Sara Mardini fled Syria in 2015 with her younger sister Yusra, and when the motor of the boat they escaped on failed on the sea…
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Filmmaker Sally El Hosaini Puts Spotlight on Jonestown Mass Murder-Suicide With Feature ‘Jones’ (Exclusive)
Marrakech – Director Sally El Hosaini, whose Working Title-produced “The Swimmers” opened the Toronto Film Festival, is turning her attention to one of the biggest mass murder-suicide stories in history with her forthcoming project “Jones.”The Welsh-Egyptian director, who recently signed with CAA, told Variety at the Marrakech Film Festival that she began working on the…
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‘The Swimmers’ Review: This Uninspiring Migrant Drama Doesn’t Dive Deep
At nearly two and a half hours, Netflix’s Syrian migrant drama “The Swimmers” is a long sit that goes to extraordinary efforts — from a treacly score to constant reminders that its protagonists are, you know, swimmers — to try and make you feel good, or at least feel anything. The problem is that ,…
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Sally El Hosaini to direct Syrian Olympic swimmer story ‘The Swimmers’ for Working Title
El Hosaini takes over from Stephen Daldry for this story about Syrian Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini.My Brother The Devil filmmaker Sally El Hosaini has signed up to direct The Swimmers, the story of Syrian Olympic swimmer Yusra Mardini which is being produced by Working Title.The project, announced back in 2017, previously had Stephen Daldry at…