Cucalorus

07/09/2025

🎬 Cucalorus is now accepting applications for 2025 Filmed in NC Fund — celebrating 10 years of supporting bold, independent voices across the state.

📅 Deadline: October 8, 2025

Fund your next narrative, doc, short, or experimental project — and join the legacy. Full details below ⬇📽

The Cucalorus Film Foundation is now accepting applications for the 2025 Filmed in NC Fund. Find out how to apply below.

07/09/2025

✨ The Hermit of Cape Fear ✨

Screens Friday, July 18 at 7:30PM during Port City Shorties at Jengo’s Playhouse!

Guided by a mysterious Hermit, Mark journeys through multiple realities—facing the ghosts of his past and reaching toward a new future with his daughter. Don’t miss this mind-bending, heart-tugging sci-fi gem made right here in NC.

🎟️ Tickets just $10 —jengos.eventive.org.

Robert Cummins

07/07/2025

⭐ This Friday night at Jengo's: It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This ⭐

📽️ Friday, July 11 at 7:30pm
🎟️ jengos.eventive.org

Blurring the line between fact and fiction, this unsettling feature blends almost 20 years of archival footage with a modern descent into madness: a couple filming a low-budget horror flick in an abandoned Missouri duplex begin encountering strangers frozen in trance outside their window. And then it gets weirder.

07/04/2025

🎬 TOMORROW in Pembroke NC! 🎬

The 7th annual Lumbee Film Festival returns to Moore Hall at UNC Pembroke on July 5, right in the heart of Lumbee Homecoming!

Join us for a powerful day of storytelling featuring bold, original films by Native and Indigenous filmmakers from North Carolina and beyond.

📍 Moore Hall, UNC Pembroke
🗓️ Saturday, July 5
🎟️ Full schedule + tickets: lumbeefilmfestival.eventive.org

🌿 1PM | Fox & the Tiny Demon – An animated allegory exploring trauma, mental illness, and resilience.

🌎 4PM | Our Different Cultures shorts block

🌊 7PM | Drowned Land – A feature doc about water protectors and environmental justice in Oklahoma.

Presented by Cucalorus + the Lumbee Tribe of NC with support from NC Arts Council and PBSNC.

Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina

07/02/2025

🌿 I SEE (Ni Wapiten) 👀 screens this weekend at the 7th annual Lumbee Film Festival!

A poetic plea for Mother Earth, this short follows a child’s journey through the woods to a local dump—where he transforms trash into a powerful symbol of nature.

🎞️ Part of the "Our Different Cultures" shorts block
📅 Saturday, July 5 at 4PM
📍 Moore Hall, UNCP
🔗 lumbeefilmfestival.eventive.org

07/01/2025

🕯️It Doesn’t Get Any Better Than This
📽️ Friday, July 11 | 7:30pm | Jengo’s Playhouse
🎟️ jengos.eventive.org

Blurring the line between fact and fiction, this unsettling feature blends 20 years of archival footage with a modern descent into madness: a couple filming a low-budget horror flick in an abandoned Missouri duplex begin encountering strangers frozen in trance outside their window. And then it gets weirder.

Premiered in the adults-only Convulsions block at Cucalorus, where two audience members actually bought the haunted house during the Q&A—plans are already swirling for a sequel or a s*x toy art shrine.

One night only. 👀 You’ve been warned!

07/01/2025

🦊 Fox & The Tiny Demon – Screening THIS weekend at the 7th Annual Lumbee Film Festival!

📅 Saturday, July 5 at 1pm
📍 Moore Hall, University of North Carolina Pembroke
🔗 Full schedule + ticket details: lumbeefilmfestival.eventive.org

🦊 Qaqsoss naka Wahantuhsis is a powerful animated allegory about a fox haunted by a mischievous demon in an enchanted forest.

Told in Wolastoqey, the film explores mental illness, trauma, and healing through an Indigenous lens—unpacking inner demons, generational pain, and the strength it takes to survive. 💫

06/30/2025

🎬 That’s a wrap on the 21st annual DocuTime Film Festival!

Cucalorus + WHQR Public Media came together to honor founder Paula Haller and celebrate a beloved tradition of bringing award-winning documentaries to Wilmington. Big thanks to our dedicated doc-loving community for spending the day with us at Jengo’s Playhouse! 💙

06/27/2025

🎉 Whoz Ya People? It’s trivia time—Lumbee style! 🌽

Think you know Lumbee legends, traditions, and tasty foods? Test your knowledge and celebrate our culture with Whoz Ya People: Interactive Lumbee Trivia, a lively dive into the stories, roots, and resilience of the Lumbee Tribe!

📍 7th Annual Lumbee Film Festival
🗓️ Saturday, July 5 at 4pm
📍 Moore Hall, UNCP Campus
🎞️ Part of the “Our Different Cultures” shorts block

This event is for everyone—Lumbees and the wider community—who want to learn, laugh, and connect. Educators and museums, take note: this is a vibrant resource for Lumbee cultural education.

Presented by the Lumbee Tribe of NC + Cucalorus, with support from NC Arts Council and PBSNC.

✨ Come celebrate the voices, vision, and vitality of Indigenous cinema. Let’s play, learn, and honor together. ✨

Learn more at lumbeefilmfestival.eventive.org.

06/27/2025

🌿 Cucalorus was proud to attend the recent Southern Documentary Fund Convening in Durham, NC — a beautiful weekend full of connection, community, and powerful Southern storytelling.

From building bonds to sharing truths, the Convening reminded us how documentary film can shift narratives and spark change. Cucalorus's Dan Brawley joined the panel “Film Festival Strategy for Documentary Filmmakers” to share insight and support both emerging and experienced makers.

Grateful to gather with such an inspiring group of storytellers. 💛

Southern Documentary Fund

06/26/2025

🎬 GEORGE WASHINGTON- TOMORROW!

📍 Jengo’s Playhouse, 815 Princess St.
📅 Friday, June 27 at 7:30PM
🎟️ $10- jengos.eventive.org

David Gordon Green’s quiet indie classic returns to Wilmington, with special guest Paul Schneider in attendance for a post-film Q&A. Don’t miss this Southern gem on the big screen!