Penguin Island

Incoming Editorial·Reviewed May 1, 2026

The film—exclusive to museum/aquarium cinemas—will take audiences to the untouched landscapes of a fantastical island wilderness, home to one of the most iconic and beloved animals on the planet. 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.