Swallows and Amazons is a 2016 British family adventure film directed by Philippa Lowthorpe and written by Andrea Gibb, based on Arthur Ransome's children's novel of the same name, first published in 1930. The film stars Andrew Scott, Rafe Spall, Kelly Macdonald, Jessica Hynes, and Harry Enfield. Principal photographybegan on 21 June 2015 in the Lake District. The film, which was released on 19 August 2016, is the second to be based on the novel, following Swallows and Amazons (1974).