Movie plays at the Globe Cinema on Sunday November 22nd. Enter for free tickets!
The 14th annual Calgary Underground Documentary Film Festival runs this upcoming week, from November 18 to 22, at the Globe Theatre. I am pleased to promote a new film from director Penny Lane, called Wild Inside.
Synopsis:
What would happen if a captive-born owl with no survival skills tried to make it on his own in New York City? In Wild Inside, we discover the answer is more incredible, and more consequential, than we could have ever imagined.
In February 2023, a Eurasian Eagle-Owl named Flaco escapes from the Central Park Zoo and sets off on a magical odyssey through the island of Manhattan. Flaco answers the call of the wild – and discovers he was wild inside all along.
WILD INSIDE is an underdog story of resilience and self determination asa Flaco the Owl beats the odds and accomplishes the impossible. Flaco busts out of his cage barely able to fly, but he adapts, he explores and eventually – it seems – he goes far beyond mere survival, becoming an internationally know icon of freedom, hooting from the highest water towers. He claims all of New York City as his wild kingdom.
The remarkable story of Flaco raises some questions: Is it right to keep a bird in a cage? Is there any real distinction between “zoo animals” and “wild animals”? How can we be better to our nonhuman neighbors?
This one of a kind owl’s epic song is sung in WILD INSIDE by a chorus of besotted New Yorkers – young and old, bird-nerds and civilians, many of them immigrants themselves – all of them reaching for a glimpse of the wild, a glimmer of magic, or even just someone to believe in. Everywhere Flaco goes, he leaves that place and its people forever enchanted.
I’d like to offer a pair of tickets to this show. The screening is at 4 pm on Sunday, November 22nd. If you can make it at that time and would like to attend, just email the blog at birdscalgary@gmail.com with “Movie” in the subject line and I’ll do a draw for the tickets.
Of course, if you don’t win, you can still buy tickets on the CUFF website here.
The movie has been really well-reviewed, with a very positive score of 89% on Metacritic.