Asheville Cinema Festival 2014

The Asheville Cinema Festival, founded by Tom and Sandi Anton in 2011, takes place November 6-9 in various locations in downtown Asheville.

Highlights include the festival’s opening night film, The Imitation Game, a highly anticipated drama about Alan Turing, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightly. The closing night film is The Face of Love, starring Annette Benning, Ed Harris, and Robin Williams in what is sadly his last role.

If You Go: The Asheville Cinema Festival 2014, November 6-9. Tickets and more information available at www.ashevillecinemafestival2014.com

Cucalorus Film Festival

The 20th annual Cucalorus Film Festival includes more that 240 independent and international films, including a hefty list of world premieres, U.S. and regional premieres, award-winning international films, and original debuts from both well-known and up-and-coming filmmakers.

This year the festival will honor the immeasurable legacy of filmmaker Dino De Laurentiis, the father of the North Carolina film industry. Outdoor film screenings of the De Laurentiis-produced Flash Gordon and King Kong take place November 14 and 15 at 7 p.m. at Riverfront Park in downtown Wilmington.

If You Go: Cucalorus Film Festival, November 12-16 in downtown Wilmington, NC. For more information and a complete list of films visit www.cucalorus.org.