Film-maker Sally El Hosaini on telling a true life story

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Nikki Bedi talks to Welsh-Egyptian film-maker Sally El Hosaini. Her new film The Swimmers tells the extraordinary true story of two Syrian sisters who fled Damascus during the civil war and crossed the Mediterranean sea – swimming for long periods of time – to reach Germany and ultimately take part in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Arts journalist Naima Khan joins them and together they discuss Jennifer Lawrence’s move to becoming an actor and a producer. Matilda composer Tim Minchin on the sting of criticism, producer Shonda Rhimes on knowing her worth, Richard E Grant’s early un-glamorous career, and Moroccan film director Maryam Touzani on taboo busting. (Photo: Sally El Hosaini. Credit: Jemal Countess/Getty Images)