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Nov. 16-20, 2022Downtown Wilmington, NC

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Charly Lowry performs at the 4th Annual Lumbee Film Festival

June 8, 2022
Charly Lowry performs at 4th Annual Lumbee Film Festival before screening of RUMBLE: The Indians Who Rocked the World Pembroke, NC - The 4th annual Lumbee Film Festival returns with eighteen new films directed by Indigenous filmmakers screening over four days...

Surfalorus Seeks New Surf Films for Outer Banks Celebration

May 18, 2022
11th Annual Surfalorus Film Fest runs September 19-21 during the Easterns   NC Aquariums presents the 11th annual Surfalorus Film Festival, a three-day event showcasing the year’s best surf films...

Leaders from Film Industry set to speak at NC Film Forum “State of the State”

April 27, 2022
April 27, 2022 - Wilmington, NC UNCW Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship and Cucalorus Film Foundation are proud to announce the upcoming 2022 NC Film Forum, which kicks off Wednesday,...

MovieMaker Magazine Names Cucalorus one of the Top 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee

April 20, 2022
Wilmington, NC – MovieMaker today announced that Cucalorus Film Festival has been named to its annual list of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, celebrating festivals that serve moviemakers and audiences...

Cucalorus and Working Films seek applications For the 2022 Works-in-Progress Lab

April 13, 2022
We're looking for Black filmmakers with new doc projects who would like to spend a week on our creative campus in Downtown Wilmington The final deadline to apply for this...

Cucalorus to receive $100,000 grant from National Endowment for the Arts

January 27, 2022
Wilmington, NC -- Cucalorus is pleased to announce we have been approved to receive an American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to help the...

Cucalorus to Receive $20K Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

January 11, 2022
Wilmington, NC —Cucalorus Film Foundation has been approved for a $20,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support the 28th annual Cucalorus Film Festival happening this November 16-20 in downtown...

Cucalorus Brings Radical Cinema and Healing Hugs to Thousands of Attendees

November 29, 2021
Magic Cheese Film Festival by kids coming up on December 4   Wilmington, NC, November 23, 2021 – Five days of shared celebration echoed in downtown Wilmington as the 27th...

Cucalorus Film Festival Rumbles into 27th year with Racer Trash, Porcupine, Giving Birth to A Butterfly and more

October 25, 2021
Wilmington, NC - The official schedule for the 27th annual Cucalorus Film Festival has been released and tickets are now on sale for all events. The festival will showcase 126...

Cucalorus Film Festival Announces 2021 Film Selections

September 23, 2021
Get ready for an extra dose of weird, wild, and wonderful - check out the full lineup of films below! Stay tuned next week for the full festival schedule, but don't...
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