Der Kongress der Pinguine is a 1993 Swiss documentary film directed by Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf. It examines environmental change in Antartica, including the ozone hole and climate change. The film was later screened at a number of festivals, including the Locarno Festival in 2017.
Set in Antarctica, the film shows the people living there as they observe changes in the global environment, including the ozone hole and climate change.
The cast includes:
In a 2005 interview, Schlumpf described Der Kongress der Pinguine as a more didactic film that sought to address environmental questions, and said that it was based on a dream.
Filmdienst described the film as an engaged documentary about environmental damage and wrote that its landscape and wildlife footage made it compelling. Filmpodium noted that the film links Antarctic nature footage, research-laboratory images, and historical documentary material through dream narration addressing the continent's uniqueness and its vulnerability to human exploitation. In an interview with Filmbulletin, Schlumpf described the film as a more didactic work that sought to address environmental issues.
The film premiered in 1993. It was later screened at festivals including Filmfest Hamburg, the 11th Internationale Tage des ökologischen Films in Freiburg im Breisgau, the Duisburger Filmwoche, the Kasseler Dokumentarfilm- & Videofest, the 7th International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam, and the Festival International du Film de Montagne et Aventure in 1994. Later screenings included the Festival Internacional de Documentales FIDOCS in 1998 and the Locarno Festival in 2017.