Wild Inside

In the new documentary WILD INSIDE, Flaco, a captive-born owl with no survival skills, tries to make it on his own after escaping the Central Park Zoo. What could happen? Acclaimed director Penny Lane (Hail Satan, Our Nixon, Nuts!) shows us 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 as 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 known icon of freedom, hooting from the highest water towers. He claims all of New York City as his wild kingdom. (Dir. by Penny Lane, 2026, 95 mins., USA, Not Rated)