WILMINGTON – Cucalorus 25 is underway in downtown Wilmington, drawing near sell-out crowds of film lovers, dance enthusiasts and tech experts.
WRAL TechWire is covering the festival all week from multiple angles with Allan Maurer and Renee Wright on the scene. (Check back daily for more stories, photos and news.)
Numerous filmmakers are in town for the festival, crowding venues and adding a creative vibe to a city just beginning to recover its once-thriving film industry. The festival – now including both film and stage components as well as the tech-centric Connect conferences – runs through Sunday.
Cucalorus kicked off with a pre-party Tuesday night at the Mayfaire-area headquarters of tekMountain. The next night, Dance-a-lorus, the traditional first performance of the festival, featured ten collaborations between dancers and film at Thalian Hall. Visual/Sound/Walls, another annual event, followed, with a dance/video party headlined by Durham rapper G Yamazawa at the Brooklyn Arts Center that lasted well into the night.
Tickets to some Cucalorus events are still available at the online box office: cucalorus.org/boxoffice. For more information visit cucalorus.org or follow on social channels @cucalorus or using hashtags: #cucalorus #cuc25 #cucalorus25.