Much like their close cousins the Emperors, crowd-pleasing King penguins star in one of nature’s most extraordinary circle of life stories.
Shot on the dramatic and uninhabited sub-Antarctic Crozet Archipelago, home to over half a million breeding pairs of penguins, the film chronicles the arrival of a lone, determined male suitor, driven by instinct to return to this treeless mote in the vast Southern seas. Here, against all odds, he must find a special someone among a cacophony of colony rivals, protect a precious egg, and start a family. Navigating a world of hungry orcas, predatory petrels, and feuding, farting elephant seals, a touching story of perseverance and parental care emerges, offering a family-friendly, timeless tale at the windswept and beautiful edge of the world.
For over nine months the production team braved overwhelming extremes to bring this remarkable penguin odyssey to the giant screen—diving into otherworldly kelp forests, pointing cameras into wind-blasting volcanic ash, and camping among brutish and aggressive island denizens. The result is an immersive voyage to the hidden world of a most beloved animal, a faraway PENGUIN ISLAND rarely seen by humans.
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Location: IMAX Melbourne
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