My Cucalorus experience

Cucalorus was beyond amazing! Being my first time going to a film festival, I was a little skeptical of the quality of movies and the overall experience I would have. As soon as I got to my first screening, it was like being with family. My favorite film screening that I went to see was Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet, which i knew was part of kidsalorus, but as an animation fanatic I wasn't going to miss it. Before the showing, Everyone in the audience participated in a half sign language, half singing song where we needed to open the window and let the dove fly in. It was out of the ordinary and I was glad to participate. The movie itself was amazing and the lessons and morals that I took away from it are going to stick with me. If you haven't seen it go see it or find it soon. I would love to tell you all about it but I don't want to spoil it and I can't summarize. After viewing and a little before, I was able to chat with some others who were going to view it as well (probably the most valuable experience of Cucalorus). Making the connections there are going to help me later on and if I had not gone I would have missed out otherwise. As for the future, I plan on attending every year. I should have been doing this from the first year at uncw, but I will have to try to make up the lost time elsewhere. It was such a fun time and I recommend it to everyone.