Press Room
Press kit downloads
We Need to Talk About Kevin
Happy Happy (Sykt Lykkelig)
You Hurt My Feelings
Brief Reunion
Certain Proof
Tyrannosaur
Singhing Bee
Fambul Tok
Restoration
The Father
Restive
Boy
Stills (300dpi) downloads
Tyrannosaur (1)
Tyrannosaur (2)
Tyrannosaur (3)
Restoration (1)
Restoration (2)
Restoration (3)
Happy Happy (Sykt Lykkelig) (1)
Happy Happy (Sykt Lykkelig) (2)
Happy Happy (Sykt Lykkelig) (3)
We Need To Talk About Kevin (1)
We Need To Talk About Kevin (2)
We Need To Talk About Kevin (3)
You Hurt My Feelings (1)
You Hurt My Feelings (2)
You Hurt My Feelings (3)
Brief Reunion (1)
Brief Reunion (2)
Brief Reunion (3)
Restive (1)
Restive (2)
Restive (3)
Festival Graphic downloads
Cucalorus hi-res logo
Cucalorus vector eps logo
Print Source List
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Press
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News 14 Carolina
WHQR 91.3 fm
Check out the Cucalorus blog for up to the minute festival updates and film-like pontifications.
What is a Cucalorus?
cuc•a•lor•us n., [orig. Gk. kukaloris, the dance of the shadows.]1. a film set apparatus placed in front of a light source to create a dappled lighting effect on a subject or background. also cookie, UK. gobo. 2. a film festival in Wilmington, North Carolina.
Cucalorus was founded in 1994 by a filmmaking collective called TwinkleDoon. At the inaugural event, crowds wrapped around the block to see 16 local films screening at a restaurant by the Cape Fear River. These days Cucalorus Film Festival takes place every November in historic Wilmington, NC screening over 100 independent and international films in venues like the majestic and recently restored Thalian Hall as well as City Stage Theater and Jengo's Playhouse. In 2009 MovieMaker Magazine recognized it as one of the "25 Coolest Film Festivals" and by the Brooks Institute as one of the "Top Ten Film Festivals"
