In the organizer's words:
Film drama by Sally El Hosaini, 2022
Yusra Mardini is just 17 years old when war breaks out in her home country of Syria in 2015. Together with her sister Sarah, she dares to flee to Germany. In her film "The Swimmers", Egyptian-Welsh director Sally El Hosaini has found impressive images for the two sisters' escape story, which is based on fact. The trained swimmers ensure that the overcrowded boat does not capsize during the risky journey across the Mediterranean. From Lesbos, they continue along the grueling Balkan route until they arrive at the refugee shelter at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin. Yusra and Sarah - played by Nathalie and Manal Issa - dream of taking part in the Olympic Games. They are lucky: swimming coach Sven Spannekrebs allows them to continue their training in Berlin. He is portrayed in the film by German actor Matthias Schweighöfer.
Free admission, admission: from 18:30
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For the screening at Ulme35, Sven Spannekrebs will be joining us for a follow-up discussion, which we are eagerly awaiting, as he will also be talking about his first trip to Syria with Yusra Mardini.
We will be showing the film in the original Arabic-English language with German subtitles.
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