Cucalorus named one of MovieMaker Magazine's "50 Festivals Worth the Entry Fee" 2023

Cucalorus Film Festival named one of MovieMaker Magazine's 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee 2023Wilmington, NC – MovieMaker just 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 in some of the best destinations in the world.MovieMaker, a film magazine and website based in Los Angeles, compiles its annual list based on surveys, filmmaker testimonials, and visits to festivals, among other factors. Key considerations include how much assistance a festival provides to traveling filmmakers; recent premieres at the festival; opportunities to meet distributors, fans, fellow filmmakers and press; and whether festivals are Academy-qualifying.“With the film world in a state of constant change in recent years, festivals are more important than ever to help audiences and distributors find new films, and to remind all of us why we devote so much of our lives to making and loving movies,” said MovieMaker editor Tim Molloy. “The festivals on this list work incredibly hard to make it feel effortless.”Here’s MovieMaker’s 2023 list of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, in alphabetical order: American Black Film Festival American Documentary and Animation Film Festival (AmDocs) Atlanta Film Festival Austin Film Festival BendFilm Festival Bentonville Film FestivalBig Sky Documentary Film Festival Brooklyn Film Festival Busan International Short Film Festival Calgary International Film Festival Calgary Underground Film Festival Camden International Film Festival Cannes Indie Shorts Awards Chicago International Film Festival Chilliwack Independent Film Festival Cleveland International Film Festival Cucalorus DeadCenter EnergaCamerimage International Film Festival Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival Fantasia Film Festival Fantaspoa International Film Festival Female Eye Film Festival Festival du Nouveau Cinema FilmQuest Galway Film Fleadh Hamptons International Film Festival Heartland International Film Festival/ Indy Shorts HotDocs Canadian International Film Festival IndieLisboa International Film Festival Indie Memphis Locarno Film Festival Louisiana Film Prize Mammoth Lakes Film Festival Nashville Film Festival NewFilmmakers Los Angeles New Hampshire Film Festival New Orleans Film Festival Newport Beach Film Festival Provincetown International Film Festival Santa Barbara International Film Festival Santa Fe International Film Festival SCAD Savannah Film Festival Screamfest Slamdance Film FestivalTallgrass Film Festival Tribeca Festival True/False Film Festival Warsaw International Film Festival Whistler Film Festival Woodstock Film Festival MovieMaker is dedicated to the art and craft of making movies. The list of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2023 is in the Spring 2023 issue, with Owen Wilson on the cover.Early bird Pegasorus passes are currently on sale for the 29th annual Cucalorus Film Festival, to be held Nov. 15-19, 2023 in Wilmington, NC. Visit cucalorus.eventive.org for more information.###