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Filmmaker and activist Byron Hurt elected new board chair at Cucalorus

The Cucalorus Film Foundation has announced that Byron Hurt will chair the non-profit art organization’s board of directors for 2021-2022. Hurt’s film “ Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes ” screened at the 2007 Cucalorus Film Festival. In 2017, Hurt

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Cucalorus selected as a recipient of the South Arts Resilience Fund

The Cucalorus Film Foundation has been selected as one of 34 small to midsize arts organizations to receive a $30,000 grant from the South Arts Resilience Fund with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation . The South Arts Resilience

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Cucalorus announces full lineup of films for 26th festival

The Cucalorus Film Festival is taking a new approach to its 26th year with a hybrid format of live online events, streaming films online, and drive-in movie screenings at Curbside Cinema at UNCW. The festival is expanding dates to span

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25th Annual Cucalorus Festival: By The Numbers

25th Annual Cucalorus Festival: By The Numbers Special thanks to all the attendees, sponsors, filmmakers, performers, entrepreneurs, and supporters who helped us bring the 25th annual Cucalorus Festival to life. Check out some of the facts and figures that describe

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3rd Annual Lumbee Film Festival Online July 1-5

Seventeen films directed by indigenous filmmakers have been chosen for the 3rd annual Lumbee Film Festival , taking place online from July 1-5. The festival is organized through a partnership between the Lumbee Tribe and the Cucalorus Film Foundation with

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The Brave Space Project

The Brave Space Project Formed in the face of rising awareness in the performance industry, the Brave Space Project is creating interventions to prevent sexual assault and harassment in small theaters. Conducted by Faultline Ensemble, a company devoted to theater

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Shredders, waxheads, kooks and barneys!! Surfalorus announces award winners!

    The 9th Annual Surfalorus Festival , presented by Come Hear NC , is in the books! This radical and unique celebration of surf movies featured amazing online film blocks as well as a bitchin’ live event! And today,

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2020 Filmed in NC Awards Announced

Eight filmmakers from North Carolina will receive project funding this year through the “Filmed in NC” fund. The program is an initiative of the Cucalorus Film Foundation and the NC Film Office with support from Artless Media in conjunction with

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Cucalorus shares early films for 26th annual festival

Events for the 26th annual festival will take place online and at the Curbside Cinema drive-in Nov 11-25 The wildly reimagined Cucalorus Film Festival is proud to announce its first round of cinematic selections that range from insane and confusing

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