Behind the Shadows

Behind the Shadows

2025
14m
10.0

10.0/10

1 votes
Documentary

"A cultural bridge between China & Greece threw the shadow puppetry art"

Overview

The Greek shadow puppetry began 130 years ago. A student of Greek shadow puppetry travels to China, where shadow puppetry began over 2000 years ago. There he follows Chinese shadow puppeteer master He Shihong in Wushan of China. Watching his performances and listening to him talk about his art and his career in it, many parallels are drawn and he expresses them by including his Greek shadow puppetry teacher in the film. This documentary is a cultural bridge between Greece and China through the art of shadow puppetry.

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Status: Released

Language: EL

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Production Information

Spoken Languages
Mandarin Greek

Keywords

china greece art ethnographical ethnographic film shadow theater shadow puppetry karagiozis θέατρο σκιών καραγκιόζης

Quick Facts

Original Title Πίσω απ' τις Σκιές
Release Date April 23, 2025
Status Released
Language EL
Website Visit Site

Cast

Shihong He
Shihong He

Shadow Puppeteer

Mpampis Makris
Mpampis Makris

Shadow Puppeteer

Key Crew

Konstantinos Potamianos
Director
Zhiyan Ye
Producer
Konstantinos Potamianos
Writer