All Quiet on the Western Front leads the nominations for the 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards, with 14 nominations including Best Film. The film ties with Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2001) as the non-English language film with the most nominations in BAFTA’s history.
BAFTA announced the full set of longlists for 24 categories including Best Film, Cinematography, Casting, Documentary, Film Not in the English Language, the four performance categories for the 2023 EE BAFTA Film Awards.
Netflix debuted the official trailer for The Swimmers, the drama based on the true story of teenage Olympian refugee, Yusra Mardini, who, with her sister Sara, dragged a dinghy of refugees to safety across the Aegean Sea. The film stars Manal Issa, Nathalie Issa, Matthias Schweighöfer, Ahmed Malek, Ali Suliman, Kinda Alloush, James Krishna Floyd and Elmi Rashid Elmi.
The 2022 Hamptons International Festival (HIFF) unveiled the full slate of films including the Closing Night presentation of the New York premiere of SR., directed by Chris Smith, and the Centerpiece screening of Sarah Polley’s Women Talking. The 30th edition of the festival will feature a lineup of films that are 54% female-directed and represent 34 countries from around the world.
Netflix debuted the official teaser trailer for The Swimmers, the drama starring Nathalie Issa (Yusra), Manal Issa (Sara), Matthias Schweighöfer (Sven), Ahmed Malek (Nizar), James Krishna Floyd (Emad), Nahel Tzegai (Shada) and Kinda Alloush (Mervat) with Ali Suliman (Ezzat).
The 66th BFI London Film Festival (LFF) announced the full program line-up of films, series and immersive art works from over 63 countries with 41% of the program made by female and non-binary directors/creators or co-directors/creators and 34% made by ethnically diverse directors/creators.
The European Premiere of Sally El Hosaini’s drama The Swimmers based on the inspirational true-life story of the Mardini sisters’ will open the 18th Zurich Film Festival on September 22, 2022.
Toronto International Film Festival announced the selections in the Gala and Special Presentations programs for the 47th edition taking place September 8–18, 2022. This list of films from the 2022 Official Selection features 18 Galas and 45 Special Presentations.
The World Premiere of The Swimmers directed by Sally El Hosaini, will be the Opening Night Gala Presentation for the 47th Toronto International Film Festival on Thursday, September 8, at Roy Thomson Hall.
