Cairns Underwater Film Festival – 7 August 2010

For those who like to explore the remote and underwater worlds, the Cairns Underwater Film Festival brings 8 awarded films from various nations and a selection of short movies from local talent to the big screen, with over 2 hours of entertainment at the Cairns Civic Theatre.

This year will see the screening of the Winners of the 36th World Festival of Underwater Films direct from Marseille, France. Considered as the benchmark of underwater films, the International Festival in Marseille, France attracts more than 25 000 general public visitors during 4 days of exhibitions and viewings and includes 900 competitors from over 50 nations. It is the most prestigious celebration of underwater art, movies, videos, photos, slideshows, music, paintings, drawings, books etc….

The full Cairns Festival program includes 8 short & medium length award winning movies from 6 different nations as well as 3 local Far North Qld producers, plus the general public’s favourite “Moken, Enigmatic Sea Nomads” a 50 minutes rarely seen documentary on one of the last surviving sea tribes in Burma.

The Winners of the Cairns Underwater Photo Competition will also be announced on Saturday night, August 7.

The show will run for over 2 hours (including a 20 min intermission).

Venue: Cairns Civic Theatre, Florence Street
Date: Saturday 7 & Sunday 8 August 2010 at 7:30 pm
Price: Adults $25, Children $12.5, Family (2 adult & 2 kids) $60, Pension $20

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