1st International Sea Festival Cyprus "Nautilus"

The Evagoras and Kathleen Lanitis Foundation organizes the First International Sea Festival Cyprus “Nautilus”

Molos, Medieval Castle Area, Evagoras Lanitis Centre

21 September – 30 October 2008

The Evagoras and Kathleen Lanitis Foundation organizes for the first time this year the First International Sea Festival Cyprus “Nautilus”, which is being held in cooperation with the Limassol Municipality.

The Festival consists mainly of cultural events with the blue colour of the sea as dominant theme. We shall find ourselves face to face with the superb world of the sea, the immense living area which the creators of ancient myths recognized as a cradle of life and great mother of the world.

The aim of the festival is to establish a long term institution within the framework of the country’s cultural policy which will operate as a platform where artists, scientists, researchers and other local and international figures will be able to meet and cooperate. It will also operate as a means of raising the public’s awareness of the importance of the sea, which has been a source of inspiration for the greatest civilizations on earth. A series of activities have been planned within the framework of the festival such as :

Molos
- The International photographic exhibition “Of the seas” with the participation of famous international photographers such as Yann Arthus Bertrand and from National Geographic Bobby Haas, James Stanfield and many others.
- Presentation of the Naval tradition of Cyprus, which will be hosted on a special structure . Along with this presentation, there will be evening projection of documentaries.
- The photographic exhibition “Whispers of Limassol sea”, by the Limassol municipality, a collection of photographs by David Hallet, which includes photographs from the construction of ports and also of the broader area of the towns of Limassol, Famagusta and Larnaka.

Castle area
The photographic exhibition “Waves of Cyprus” in which 14 Cypriot photographers testify their own approach on Cyprus sea life. The participants are Droussioti Antigoni, Makis Economides, Gerou Ioannis, Hadjicharalambous, Ioannides Marios, Kamassas Manolis, Kantouna Erato, Karouzi Athinoula, Klokos Giorgos, Malekou Skevi, Roussos Giannis, Sherepeklis Zinonas, Stylianou Vassos and Theodopoulos Fotis. Part of the exhibition is also devoted to the maritime sports of Cyprus from the collection of photographer Kevork Voskerichian.

Evagoras Lanitis Centre
Screening of prize winning international documentaries dealing with underwater life.

All activities will be free and open to the public and will last one month.

The Festival will be opened on 21 September 2008 at Limassol Molos

For further information, please contact the Evagoras Lanitis Centre, tel. 25342123.

Main sponsors of the Festival are the Ministry of Education and Culture, the C.T.O. and the Lemesos Marina Ltd.

Sponsors
CYTA, OPAP, PIO

Supporters
G4S Security Services ( Cyprus) Ltd, Cyprus Airways, Kanika Group of Hotels, Consulo Integrated Strategic Communications

Media sponsors
“Phileleftheros” newspaper and Mega Channel

Cooperators
CYMEPA, Technological University of Cyprus, National Geographic, White Star publisher, Corbis, Getty Images