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Papertown

Cucalorus Film Festival

Sun

Nov

22

2026

10:30 am

Coastline Main

501 Nutt St

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Producers
Chris Pruett, Jeremy Seifert, Colby Sexton
Directors
Jeremy Seifert
Screenwriters
Cast

When the paper mill that defined Canton, North Carolina announced it would close, the town had just three months before its largest employer—and a core part of its identity—was gone. Filmed in real time, this documentary captures the shock, unanswered questions, and growing anger as rumors swirl, corporate leaders stay silent, and news emerges of executives profiting from stock trades days before the announcement. Through grief, resilience, and uncertainty, the people of Canton confront life without the industry that shaped them for generations.

RUNTIME:
83:00
Cucalorus 32

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Jengo’s Playhouse

Thu
Nov
19
9:00 pm
815 Princess St
Wilmington
NC
28401

Hot Wieners and Coffee Milk

On the night before Halloween in a small New England town, a local hot wiener delivery driver attempts to get out of work on time for a holiday tradition he’s kept since childhood.

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Jengo’s Playhouse

Thu
Nov
19
11:15 pm
815 Princess St
Wilmington
NC
28401

CAPE FOUR

An ex-convict stalks a family through four mashed together retellings of Cape Fear, where 1962, 1991, 1993 and 2026 remix into a glitchy casserole of vengeance and vibes.

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Jengo’s Playhouse

Fri
Nov
20
10:15 am
815 Princess St
Wilmington
NC
28401

Romare Bearden: A Life in Collage

An athlete, artist, and activist, Romare Bearden defied boundaries placed on Black men of his generation.

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Coastline Main

Fri
Nov
20
1:00 pm
501 Nutt St
Wilmington
NC
28401

CAITY

Along with her newly sober father Paul, 16-year-old Caity prepares for the new Halloween season of their family-owned haunted house.

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Coastline Center – Blue

Fri
Nov
20
1:15 pm
501 Nutt St
Wilmington
NC
28401

Under a Million Stars

Experts and homeless neighbors alike bust myths about Seattle’s homelessness crisis in a deeply reported, humanistic dispatch from the front lines. Homelessness was declared a civil state of emergency in Seattle in 2015.

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Coastline Center – Blue

Fri
Nov
20
4:00 pm
501 Nutt St
Wilmington
NC
28401

Daughters of the Forest

Deep in Mexico’s mushroom-rich forests, two women from indigenous communities have become mycologists.

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