28th THESSALONIKI INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
5 MARCH → 15 MARCH 2026
Tributes: Aegean Stories
THE WIND IN OUR SAILS
Greece 2002 29 Digibeta Color
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Film description
At the boat yard on the island of Syros, our caique, the “Zeppos” awaits us. It was built in 1912 by Captain Andreas Zeppos and sung about by the great rebetikomusician yannis Papaioannou. “When it comes to fishing, I’m an artist,” Papaioannou used to say. “I grew up at sea and I was taught by Zeppos, the best fisherman in the world.” The caique is given a new lease on life at the boat yard, where we meet Dimitris Mavrikos, the last in a long line of wooden boat builders, and witness the extraordinary event of the breaking of the caiques. An age-old art that both the rich and the poor loved for many centuries, boat building is becoming extinct at the turn of the new century...
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