CUCALORUS IS EXACTLY A WEEK AWAY! That is SEVEN days to mentally, physically, spiritually, and psychic-ly prepare yourself! Did you follow our advice and map out your experience? DO IT NOW!
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I think EVERYONE should take note THE KICKOFF PARTY at The Soapbox Wednesday Night 10PM!

Come for a night of live music, music shorts and FUN, FUN, FUN!

We'll be screening THE BUXTON BLUE SHORTS BLOCK

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Myth Labs / Martha Colburn
Mixing myth and meth, animated reverberations woven from the bible, a modern day scourge and the whole human adventure.

Where Are You Going, Elena? /Josephine Decker
Elena the waitress is fed up with bringing customers their tater tots but when she flees, the silverware chases her down.

Chronicle Re-Constructions / Steven Woloshen
A look into the future of film. "I believe that filmmakers in the future will have to establish an archeological approach to their subject matter. Instead of photographing images, we may have to dig them from the ground, and paste them together - film will look like today's Dead Sea Scrolls."

irma Vep / Jong Wook Choi
Stars the bride of quietness in a flowery tale, leaving behind unanswered questions: what maidens loath? What mad pursuit? What struggle to escape?

Keeping Up With The Jetsons / Michael Kennedy
After designing a rocket-ship out of a shopping cart in his laboratory, Odoms realizes he must carry on with his space journey.

Oversized / Matilda Tristram
This playful music video for the band Omo includes animated edibles and light lunch romance.

Future Islands - The Happiness of Being Twice / Joel Fernando
A psychedelic hodgepodge of fantasy and color, featuring 65 + people from the Baltimore, New York City, Chicago and North Carolina areas, filmed one by one on green screen and combined together to appear as a group in this video.

The Love Language: Sparkxxx / John Gray
Music video for The Love Language.


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THE SCHEDULE IS OUT!

Cucalorus 15's official schedule is NOW OUT! Eyecatchers are being distributed around Wilmington, NC as this post it being typed! All local Wilmingtonians make sure you check out your favorite local spots for the eyecatcher or as a supplement to this week's Encore.

With over 100 great films from all over the world, make sure you check out the schedule now to plan out your Cucalorus experience. The schedule is also available online for all you Cucalorus fans all over the globe.

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One new idea we're trying out this year is screening important films more than once so if miss it once, don't worry, we're showing the best of the best again! Working Wednesday night and can't make it out to see That Evening Sun? Well check it out on Friday morning at 10am at Lumina! Worried that Calvin Marshall is playing at the same time as Dogtooth Saturday night? Can't decide which one to make it too? They're both repeating on Cucalorus 15's extra special Sunday screenings!

Make sure you get your passes/tickets as soon as possible, and show up early for screenings! You never know if Cucalorus's exclusive microcinema Jengo's Playhouse is going to fill up, or if you show up late to Thalian's black box and have to sit in the hard fold-up chairs on the side!

Want to have the best experience at Cucalorus 15? Start planning now! Make sure you head to the Kickoff Party for musical shorts and short (or long) musical performances! There's VJ battles, Dance-a-lorus, Blue Velvet Tour, and even fantastic workshops on how to make films with a low-budget. Get on that!

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Sister Cities Association and Cucalorus Film Festival Join Forces for an International Film Day!

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Together, the Sister Cities Association of Wilmington and Cucalorus Film Festival created an International Film Day on September 26 at Wilmington’s micro-theater, Jengo’s Playhouse.

“The idea of working together to present an International Film Day stems from both organizations mission to create global awareness and understanding of different cultures through the arts,” said Marilyn Cantarella, board president of the association. “We are always looking for ways to bring attention to common themes of family, friendship, coming of age, history, political conflict and moral issues shared by communities around the world. And we have done that with the line-up of films Dan Brawley, Cucalorus director, helped us select for this first international film day.”

Line Up:

The Queen and I 1:00pm
A 90 minute documentary by Swedish filmmaker Nahid Persson Sarvestani.
Nahid is forced into exile after participating in the Communist faction of the Revolutionary Guard that put Khomeini in power. Iran’s deposed Queen Farah and Nahid’s sense of reality could not be more different and yet they come to like and respect one another through the making of the film. The documentary was selected for the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and premiered on HBO2 in June.

The Country Teacher 3:15pm
This feature narrative was nominated for several awards and a New York Times Critics’ pick. It tells the story of a young, homosexual teacher who forms a friendship with a woman and her 17-year-old son in a rural village. Written and directed by Bohdan Sláma, the film is about whether the three characters will find a path to each other. We see the complexity of basic human needs unfold as the story progresses. Sláma manages to portray the topic of sexuality in a quiet, dignified way.

The Beaches of Agnes 7:30pm
A magnificent new film from the great Agnes Varda (The Gleaners and I, Cleo from 5 to 7), a richly cinematic self-portrait that touches on everything from the feminist movement and the Black Panthers to the films of husband Jacques Demy and the birth of the French New Wave. This will be the last screening of the day.

Tickets for the September 26 International Film Day can be purchased in advance at www.etix.com or the day of the event at the Jengo’s Playhouse box office, 815 Princess Street. General admission is $7.00 and (students) $5.00. Day passes are $15.00 and (students) $12.00 for all three features. For more information, visit the Sister City Association website: www.scawilmington.org or www.cucalorus.org; or call 910-343-5995.

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The 2009 Cucalorus Film Festival, which includes films from around the world, will be coming up later in the Fall.

According to director Dan Brawley, “Cucalorus always screens a strong selection of international films and the best part is that you get to meet the filmmakers. Last year we had filmmakers from Spain, Germany, Italy and the UK and lots of these artists have never been to the States.” To find out more about Cucalorus 15, visit the official festival website: www.cucalorus.org. The festival is scheduled for November 11 - 15 at venues throughout the city.

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A FERAL FOURTH

Cucalorus Launches 2009 Membership Drive

July 4th Call For Entries and Membership Drive Event

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The Cucalorus Film Festival launches its 2009 Membership Drive with a fourth of July celebration and filmmaker appreciation day. The kickoff event will be held at Jengo’s Playhouse and will include food, fun and music. Local filmmakers will have an exclusive opportunity to submit their entries for the 15th Annual Festival. Filmmakers that become members of Cucalorus on July 4th will be allowed to submit up to three films without paying an entry fee. The event will culminate in a Bike Parade from Jengo’s to the Cape Fear River to join ongoing downtown festivities and fireworks. Foundation membership provides discounts on festival passes, access to the Cucalorus film and video archives, newsletters and periodic e-mail announcements and invitations.

July 10th marks the regular deadline for submissions to this year’s festival. In 2008, Cucalorus received over 1000 entries from both aspiring and professional filmmakers from around the world. Filmmakers may go to www.cucalorus.org to download an entry form that must accompany all submissions. Entries should be on DVD or VHS; any genre is welcomed. The entry celebration will be held from 5:00 to 9:00 PM at Jengo’s Playhouse, home to the Festival’s offices, at 815 Princess Street. Cucalorus 15 will be held November 11-15, 2009.

DETAILS FOR CUCALORUS MEMBERSHIP DRIVE

DATE: Saturday, July 4th

TIME: 5:00 PM to 9:00PM

PLACE: Jengo’s Playhouse, 815 Princess Street, Downtown Wilmington

WHAT: Membership Drive for Cucalorus Film Foundation

Entry fee waived for up to 3 films to those who join Cucalorus Film Foundation

Visit www.cucalorus.org for entry information and membership

CUCALORUS FILM FESTIVAL

The Cucalorus Film Festival began in 1994 and has since earned an international reputation for screening fiercely independent and innovative films. Hosted over five days in early November, the festival screens films in venues throughout Wilmington. A non-competitive festival (no awards of any kind are given), Cucalorus brings people together to celebrate, discover and create independent films. The festival was named by Time Magazine as one of the “Film Festivals for the Rest of Us,” and as one of the Top Twenty Events in the Southeast, by the Southeast Tourism Society. Cucalorus 14 screened more than 150 films and boasted attendance of 10,000.

A Feral Fourth.
Cucalorus invites you to Jengo's Playhouse for a Fourth of July celebration to kick off our online membership drive. Filmmakers who become members of the Cucalorus Film Foundation at the event can submit films for the upcoming festival without paying an entry fee! Totally free, no money, except for the membership fee. All exclusions and misrepresentations apply.

Cucalorus encourages reckless behaviour and would like to meet the band the Amazing Bill Saffos at WE Fest this weekend...

Stay tuned for more details about A Feral (beastly*) Fourth.

THE ATOMIC SCRAMBLE

Come out to Jengo's Playhouse for another round of Cucalorus fun!

FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009!
FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009!
FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009!

Food. Short Films. Music. Crying? Fires. Egg Race. More Music. Booze! Dancing. Joselyn. More Booze. Laughing.

Le Bon Temps.

bete tete.
Fractal Farm.

Front Street Brewery donated a keg!!!

We will be waiting for you at Jengo’s Playhouse, Wilmington’s one and only micro cinema, on April 24th starting around 8:00 p.m. The sparks will be flying!!!!

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