Synopsis for the Film

Film: Return to Penguin City (FLEFF)
Country: USA
Director: Lloyd Fales
Duration: 49 min Category: Considering Climate

film nameVenturing bravely into the icy sub-zero environs of what is perhaps the last untouched pristine ecosystem on the planet Director Lloyd Fales and his intrepid group of adventurers and scientists observe and research at close quarters the titular ‘Penguin City’- a society of Adelie Penguins as they go about their complex and fascinating life cycles. Painstakingly noting every aspect of penguin life and the fragile eco-system that surrounds them the researchers are able to reason and witness the effects of the global warming phenomenon on the polar ecology, the melting of the ice cover thus taking the very existence of the penguins to a shaky brink. Return to Penguin City is a call not just for the conservation of these endlessly charming and endearing creatures but for an urgent push towards all-round eco-conservation and a sea change in the way we continue to pillage the environment. In the grand ecological chain that connects the globe around even the smallest link is as essential to the well-being of our world as the largest.

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Lloyd Fales is a leading independent filmmaker making documentaries about wildlife and nature mainly for National Geographic, PBS and other channels. He has travelled extensively across the world making his films from India to Israel, Manhattan to Mississippi, the Arctic to Antarctica. His films include Swans: Tireless Voyagers, The Crows, Street Dogs, Search for the First Dog among others.