A flag sporting a skull and crossbones flutters over the Bulgarian beach of Karadere. The legend has it that somewhere here the 19th century pirates hid the treasure stolen from the Ottoman galleys. Today, self-proclaimed descendants of the privateers from the past, outsiders living on the sidelines of the capitalist society, dream about it.

Baħar Biss (Just sea), shot on 16 mm by Franziska von Stenglin unfolds around Punta, a seasoned fisherman who, perched atop 50-metre high cliffs in Gozo, practices an ancient fishing method that has been passed down through generations.