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Penguins Behind Bars is an Adult Swim special, adapted from the graphic novel of the same name by Janet Perlman, that aired only once on July 20th 2003. The Short follows Doris Fairfeather, a female penguin who is framed for robbery by her boyfriend and sent to an all-girl prison.

After a failed attempt to help Zig eat Marina, Bernie is now lost at the bottom of the ocean! In this hostile environment, our genius inventor relentlessly tries – with strategies always crazier than the last – to return to his island and reunite with Zig. But with his new clumsy and wacky neighbors, it sure won’t be easy.

An informal look into the personalities and frenzy behind the second edition of the NFB Animation Hothouse. The six Hothouse filmmakers and their NFB collaborators comment on the nature of auteur animation, the place and role of the NFB in that world and the excitement and fear of making a first professional film.