"Lampara" fishing is based on the use of a light source to attract and capture with the nets whole shoals of fish. In its daily and demanding repetition of gestures, actions and tasks, it requires a careful organization and coordination between the members of the crew; as much in the capturing stage as in the selection of sizes and preservation of the fish. A series of processes that follows its own precise ritual. "Nightlight" is an exploration of a day's work of fishing on board of a "lampara" boat in the Istrian sea.
Film shot during the ETNOFILM Visual Anthropology Workshop - Ethnographic Museum of Istria (Croatia).
