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The Confession

Cucalorus Film Festival

Thalian Hall

310 Chestnut St

Sun

Nov

23

2025

4:15 pm

Thalian Hall

310 Chestnut St

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Producers
Rosanna Eden-Ellis
Directors
Will Canon
Screenwriters
Will Canon
Cast
Italia Ricci, Zachary Golinger, Scott Mechlowicz, Terence Rosemore, Allie McCulloch, Justin Smith, Jay Devon Johnson, Ron Fallica, Craig Kolkebeck, Troy Rudeseal, Vince Eisenson, Owen Daly

A twisty Pied Piper horror story set in rural Texas. A struggling musician moves back into her childhood home and discovers a disturbing family secret that threatens to unravel her entire life. The Confession features an all-star Port City cast with Justin Smith, Ron Fallica, Addie McCulloch, and Troy Rudeseal in front of the camera. Line produced by Kristi Ray (co-founder Honey Head Films) and production design by Cucalorus co-founder Jungle Jim Shaugnessy.

RUNTIME:
90
the 31st annual Cucalorus Film Festival

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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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