SWALLOWS AND AMAZONS

DIRECTOR: Philippa Lowthorpe
SCREENPLAY: Andrea Gibb
DOP: Julian Court
EDITOR: Dave Thrasher
CAST: Kelly Macdonald, Andrew Scott, Rafe Spall, Jessica Hynes, Fenella Woolgar
MUSIC: Ilan Eshkeri

PRODUCERS: Nick Barton, Nick O’Hagan, Joe Oppenheimer
PRODUCTION: Harbour Pictures
CO-PRODUCTIONS: BBC Films, BFI
DISTRIBUTION: Discovery Film
WORLD SALES: HanWay Films

Set over one idyllic summer the four Walker children and their sailing rivals, the Blacketts, run amok against the stunning backdrop of the Lake District. Theirs is a world of imagination. But the real world finds itself on the brink of war.

Philippa Lowthorpe (1961) is the first and only female to win Best Director: Fiction at the BAFTA Awards. She has spent much of her career working in TV, on shows such as Five Daughters (2010) and Call the Midwife (2012–2013).

2016 I 97’ I United Kingdom I adventure, family

Stockholm Film Festival 2016, Seattle International Film Festival 2017