PHYSICAL SCREENING: 27th June, LAIS Open-Air Cinema 
ONLINE SCREENING: 28th June - 7th July, online.tainiothiki.gr

The short-documentary Fishermen and Fishing (Psarades ke Psaremata), documents all forms of traditional fishing and the life of fisherman of the Molivos community in Mytilene, as it transposes us to Mithymna of 1961, through a series of images from another era. As spectators we witness a slice of life in the fishing village of Molivos and the daily activities of the fishermen, as well as Sunday with the liturgy at the local church and leisure in the coffee shop.

Fishermen sail in the open sea on a purse seine; a view of the settlement of Molivos; a coffeshop, the narrow cobbled-pavements and the Castle; women chatter and weave outside of their homes. One could say that this is an attempt to inaugurate the cinema of observation in Greece. Loissios’ film was a collective effort with people who would become important in the fields of cinema and film criticism. In this film the anthropological gaze celebrates the poetics of fishing and the rites of communal life, which go back to Homeric times.

The restoration and digitization of the documentary, Fishermen and Fishing, in 2Κwas processed from the original film-negative and other available materials. The sound, was also digitally restored and a new 2K master is now available. The film will be screened with English and French subtitles. The project was made possible thanks to the ‘A Season of Classic Films’ programme, an initiative by ACE (Association des Cinémathèques Européennes), with the support of the Creative Europe MEDIA Programme.