The Swimmers

From war-torn Syria to the 2016 Rio Olympics, two young sisters embark on a harrowing journey as refugees, putting both their hearts and champion swimming skills to heroic use.

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Milk created the VFX to support Sally El Housaini’s much anticipated feature The Swimmers (Working Title/Netflix).

A story of the miraculous journey made by swimming sisters Yusra and Sarah Mardini who fled as refugees from war-torn Syria all the way to the 2016 Rio Olympics. The Swimmers is available on Netflix.

It has been a huge honour for the Milk team to help bring this important and touching story to life, led by VFX Supervisor Murray Barber.

  • Director
    Sally El-Hosaini
  • Producers
    Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan, Ali Jaafar & Tim Cole
  • Production Companies
    Working Title Films & Netflix
  • Distributor
    Netflix
  • Milk VFX Supervisors
    Murray Barber & Tony “Chas” Chaplin
  • Milk VFX Producer
    Noga Alon Stein
  • Release Date
    8 September 2022

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  • Murray Barber
  • Tony “Chas” Chaplin
  • Noga Alon Stein
  • Andrew Morley
  • Joseph Courtis
  • Dimitris Lekanis
  • Lauren Nichol
  • Chloe Begtine
  • David Jones
  • John Cooper
  • Fabian Peters
  • Nick Feldman
  • Olaf Razzoli
  • Unai Martínez Barredo
  • Darren Byford
  • Neil Roche
  • Chris Hutchinson
  • Simon Wicker
  • Lee Matthews
  • Sam Remfry
  • Sam Lucas
  • Lukas Povilonis
  • Kevin San
  • Liam Paton
  • Jared Embley
  • Bastien Mortelecque
  • Sandra Scholz
  • Andres Tollar
  • Phoebe Arjona
  • Eirimas Jaskinas
  • Amy Felce
  • Ritchie Hoyle
  • Ben Thomas
  • Greg Baldock
  • Paula Ezuma
  • Alvaro Cajal
  • Guillermo Garcia
  • Andres Talegon
  • Ruben Arenas
  • Oliver Goater
  • Connor Guyler
  • Andrius Jurkevicius
  • Luka Leskovsek
  • Aled Prosser
  • Joaquin Quesada
  • Miyuki Tatsuda
  • Murray Barber
  • Tony “Chas” Chaplin
  • Noga Alon Stein
  • Andrew Morley
  • Joseph Courtis
  • Dimitris Lekanis
  • Lauren Nichol
  • Chloe Begtine
  • David Jones
  • John Cooper
  • Fabian Peters
  • Nick Feldman
  • Olaf Razzoli
  • Unai Martínez Barredo
  • Darren Byford
  • Neil Roche
  • Chris Hutchinson
  • Simon Wicker
  • Lee Matthews
  • Sam Remfry
  • Sam Lucas
  • Lukas Povilonis
  • Kevin San
  • Liam Paton
  • Jared Embley
  • Bastien Mortelecque
  • Sandra Scholz
  • Andres Tollar
  • Phoebe Arjona
  • Eirimas Jaskinas
  • Amy Felce
  • Ritchie Hoyle
  • Ben Thomas
  • Greg Baldock
  • Paula Ezuma
  • Alvaro Cajal
  • Guillermo Garcia
  • Andres Talegon
  • Ruben Arenas
  • Oliver Goater
  • Connor Guyler
  • Andrius Jurkevicius
  • Luka Leskovsek
  • Aled Prosser
  • Joaquin Quesada
  • Miyuki Tatsuda
  • Murray Barber
  • Tony “Chas” Chaplin
  • Noga Alon Stein
  • Andrew Morley
  • Joseph Courtis
  • Dimitris Lekanis
  • Lauren Nichol
  • Chloe Begtine
  • David Jones
  • John Cooper
  • Fabian Peters
  • Nick Feldman
  • Olaf Razzoli
  • Unai Martínez Barredo
  • Darren Byford
  • Neil Roche
  • Chris Hutchinson
  • Simon Wicker
  • Lee Matthews
  • Sam Remfry
  • Sam Lucas
  • Lukas Povilonis
  • Kevin San
  • Liam Paton
  • Jared Embley
  • Bastien Mortelecque
  • Sandra Scholz
  • Andres Tollar
  • Phoebe Arjona
  • Eirimas Jaskinas
  • Amy Felce
  • Ritchie Hoyle
  • Ben Thomas
  • Greg Baldock
  • Paula Ezuma
  • Alvaro Cajal
  • Guillermo Garcia
  • Andres Talegon
  • Ruben Arenas
  • Oliver Goater
  • Connor Guyler
  • Andrius Jurkevicius
  • Luka Leskovsek
  • Aled Prosser
  • Joaquin Quesada
  • Miyuki Tatsuda
  • Murray Barber
  • Tony “Chas” Chaplin
  • Noga Alon Stein
  • Andrew Morley
  • Joseph Courtis
  • Dimitris Lekanis
  • Lauren Nichol
  • Chloe Begtine
  • David Jones
  • John Cooper
  • Fabian Peters
  • Nick Feldman
  • Olaf Razzoli
  • Unai Martínez Barredo
  • Darren Byford
  • Neil Roche
  • Chris Hutchinson
  • Simon Wicker
  • Lee Matthews
  • Sam Remfry
  • Sam Lucas
  • Lukas Povilonis
  • Kevin San
  • Liam Paton
  • Jared Embley
  • Bastien Mortelecque
  • Sandra Scholz
  • Andres Tollar
  • Phoebe Arjona
  • Eirimas Jaskinas
  • Amy Felce
  • Ritchie Hoyle
  • Ben Thomas
  • Greg Baldock
  • Paula Ezuma
  • Alvaro Cajal
  • Guillermo Garcia
  • Andres Talegon
  • Ruben Arenas
  • Oliver Goater
  • Connor Guyler
  • Andrius Jurkevicius
  • Luka Leskovsek
  • Aled Prosser
  • Joaquin Quesada
  • Miyuki Tatsuda
  • Murray Barber
  • Tony “Chas” Chaplin
  • Noga Alon Stein
  • Andrew Morley
  • Joseph Courtis
  • Dimitris Lekanis
  • Lauren Nichol
  • Chloe Begtine
  • David Jones
  • John Cooper
  • Fabian Peters
  • Nick Feldman
  • Olaf Razzoli
  • Unai Martínez Barredo
  • Darren Byford
  • Neil Roche
  • Chris Hutchinson
  • Simon Wicker
  • Lee Matthews
  • Sam Remfry
  • Sam Lucas
  • Lukas Povilonis
  • Kevin San
  • Liam Paton
  • Jared Embley
  • Bastien Mortelecque
  • Sandra Scholz
  • Andres Tollar
  • Phoebe Arjona
  • Eirimas Jaskinas
  • Amy Felce
  • Ritchie Hoyle
  • Ben Thomas
  • Greg Baldock
  • Paula Ezuma
  • Alvaro Cajal
  • Guillermo Garcia
  • Andres Talegon
  • Ruben Arenas
  • Oliver Goater
  • Connor Guyler
  • Andrius Jurkevicius
  • Luka Leskovsek
  • Aled Prosser
  • Joaquin Quesada
  • Miyuki Tatsuda