Cyprus's entertainment culture uses its Mediterranean climate and its long historical layering to stage performances in unusual settings. The Kourion ancient theatre at the edge of a cliff above the sea, with Aphrodite's birthplace visible in the distance, stages summer concerts and theatre in a setting of genuine antiquity. The Limassol Carnival is the island's largest popular entertainment event, filling the coastal city with costumed parades and music. The Paphos Aphrodite Festival stages grand opera in the harbour of the mythological birthplace of the goddess of love. The Shakespeare in the Venetian Walls productions in Nicosia, the Nicosia International Film Festival, and the Pafos2017 European Capital of Culture legacy programming add formal entertainment registers. The divided island's specific political situation has produced a documentary and dramatic arts culture of unusual urgency.