Antarctica Calling

Luc Jacquet / France / 2023 / 82 min

Few people get to experience the South Pole with their own eyes, but in the adventurous sequel to the Oscar-winning mega-hit ‘The March of the Penguins’, it’s almost like being there yourself. The few thousand kilometres separating Patagonia from the South Pole has always been a fascinating and hypnotic destination for explorers. French director Luc Jacquet knows all about it. He first visited Antarctica 30 years ago and, in his own words, has been bitten for life by the magical, frozen landscapes and its inhabitants. Blue whales, albatrosses, sea lions – and penguins, of course. In beautiful black and white images, Jacquet takes us on a personal and philosophical journey to a disappearing continent. A film that can truly fill a cinema screen.