41 min
The Swimmers: Director and Co-Writer Sally El Hosaini on Discovering Your Directing Style Women Behind The Scenes
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Welsh-Egyptian director and writer Sally El Hosaini is the director and co-writer of BAFTA nominated ‘The Swimmers’, a moving biographical drama that follows two teenage Syrian refugees who swim alongside a sinking dinghy full of refugees, guiding it to safety.
As a writer and director of Welsh and Egyptian heritage, Sally didn’t know she wanted to work in film until, as an Arabic Language and Middle Eastern Studies university student, she realised that she wanted to pursue a career that combined ‘images, words and people’.
She started out as a ‘do-it-all’ self-shooting AP, an experience she describes as ‘film school’, and ended up coming on board as a co-writer with Jack Thorne on ‘The Swimmers’ because she wanted to help create a genuine story for her teenage self.
However, ‘The Swimmers’ nearly didn’t come to fruition. Its production hampered by the pandemic, it was in part because of Sally’s ability to keep the faith and rally those around her that it finally hit our screens in 2022.
In this episode, Sally talks about the process of learning to let go of her expectations, and the beautiful, spontaneous discoveries that she made as a result of trusting that her path would find her.
In this episode Sally shares her advice on:
following your joys and passions to find your career path building the right cast and crew for a project
In sharing her path into filmmaking, Sally reminds us of the importance of sharing stories as a tool to connect and understand more about the world
Please note that there may be some spoilers relating to the film in this episode
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Women Behind the Scenes is hosted by Eloise Singer and produced by Ben Weaver-Hincks for Singer Studios.
Executive Producers - Eloise Singer and Cathy Anderson
Production Manager - Hannah Alexander
Post Production - Matt McGuinness
Editing, Mixing and Mastering - Tom Fred Bradshaw [iGame.Audio]
Music - PremiumBeat.com
Production Assistant - Lucy Davidson
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Social Media:
Twitter @singerstudiosuk
Instagram @singerstudiosuk
Website: www.singerstudios.co.uk
Sally El Hosaini
Twitter: @sallyelh
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welsh-Egyptian director and writer Sally El Hosaini is the director and co-writer of BAFTA nominated ‘The Swimmers’, a moving biographical drama that follows two teenage Syrian refugees who swim alongside a sinking dinghy full of refugees, guiding it to safety.
As a writer and director of Welsh and Egyptian heritage, Sally didn’t know she wanted to work in film until, as an Arabic Language and Middle Eastern Studies university student, she realised that she wanted to pursue a career that combined ‘images, words and people’.
She started out as a ‘do-it-all’ self-shooting AP, an experience she describes as ‘film school’, and ended up coming on board as a co-writer with Jack Thorne on ‘The Swimmers’ because she wanted to help create a genuine story for her teenage self.
However, ‘The Swimmers’ nearly didn’t come to fruition. Its production hampered by the pandemic, it was in part because of Sally’s ability to keep the faith and rally those around her that it finally hit our screens in 2022.
In this episode, Sally talks about the process of learning to let go of her expectations, and the beautiful, spontaneous discoveries that she made as a result of trusting that her path would find her.
In this episode Sally shares her advice on:
following your joys and passions to find your career path building the right cast and crew for a project
In sharing her path into filmmaking, Sally reminds us of the importance of sharing stories as a tool to connect and understand more about the world
Please note that there may be some spoilers relating to the film in this episode
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Women Behind the Scenes is hosted by Eloise Singer and produced by Ben Weaver-Hincks for Singer Studios.
Executive Producers - Eloise Singer and Cathy Anderson
Production Manager - Hannah Alexander
Post Production - Matt McGuinness
Editing, Mixing and Mastering - Tom Fred Bradshaw [iGame.Audio]
Music - PremiumBeat.com
Production Assistant - Lucy Davidson
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Social Media:
Twitter @singerstudiosuk
Instagram @singerstudiosuk
Website: www.singerstudios.co.uk
Sally El Hosaini
Twitter: @sallyelh
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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