Portolani is a journey through the port environment, people, and the professions of the sea. Set in the port of Ancona, the Capital city of the Le Marche region, it shows the mood, the atmosphere, and the human and social reality of Italian seaside towns. The camera enters into the daily life of the port, recounting the spaces, the looks of the protagonists, the rhythms of work. It does not explain or describe them, but narrates them through images, colors, times, the lights of dawn, sunset and night, the glances of the portolans, the words of work. The aim is to give voice to an open-air factory in which the professionalism of each sector constitutes the fibers of the productive fabric.