
The 31st annual Cucalorus Festival takes place November 19-23, 2025, in downtown Wilmington, North Carolina.
Cucalorus was founded in 1994 by the underground filmmaking collective Twinkle Doon. At the inaugural event, crowds wrapped around the block to see 16 local films screening at Water Street restaurant by the Cape Fear River. These days Cucalorus takes place every November, celebrating independent and international film for five days in historic downtown Wilmington, NC. MovieMaker Magazine has recognized it as “One of the Coolest Film Festivals in the World” for three years in a row.
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Box Jelly Shorts
Cucalorus 31
THU · NOV 20 · 10:00 AM
Thalian Main
Dance-a-lorus
Cucalorus 31
THU · NOV 20 · 6:45 PM
Thalian Main
Snowy Owl Shorts
Cucalorus 31
FRI · NOV 21 · 10:00 AM
Thalian Main
The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick
Cucalorus 31
FRI · NOV 21 · 1:15 PM
Thalian Main
Beautiful Evening, Beautiful Day
Cucalorus 31
FRI · NOV 21 · 3:45 PM
Thalian Main
Honeyjoon
Cucalorus 31
FRI · NOV 21 · 7:30 PM
Thalian Main
Suburban Fury
Cucalorus 31
SAT · NOV 22 · 10:00 AM
Thalian Main
Painted Lady Shorts
Cucalorus 31
SAT · NOV 22 · 1:00 PM
Thalian Main
Suburban Nights
Cucalorus 31
SAT · NOV 22 · 4:00 PM
Thalian Main
Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie
Cucalorus 31
SAT · NOV 22 · 7:00 PM
Thalian Main
Helmeted Guineafowl Shorts
Cucalorus 31
SUN · NOV 23 · 10:15 AM
Thalian Main
Appaloosa Shorts
Cucalorus 31
SUN · NOV 23 · 1:00 PM
Thalian Main
The Confession
Cucalorus 31
SUN · NOV 23 · 4:15 PM
Thalian Main