Considered as the benchmark of underwater films, the International Festival of Marseille, France, attracts more than 25 000 visitors during the four days of exhibitions and viewings.

The festival includes entries from around 900 competitors from over 50 different nations, and it's coming to our shores.
 

The World Tour will show the best films from the 36th festival held in 2009, will be held at the Cairns Civic Theatre on 7-8 August, and will delight those who love to explore remote and new underwater worlds.
 

The tour program includes eight short and medium length award winning movies from six different nations, as well as the work from three local talents from FNQ.

On top of this there's the people's favourite "Moken, Enigmatic Sea Nomads", a rarely seen 50 minute documentary on one of the last surviving sea tribes in Burma.
 

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