CinemaOSMovie · 2025 · 0h 14m

Behind the Shadows

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

100%(1)Documentary

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.

Directed byKonstantinos Potamianos

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Status
Released
Runtime
0h 14m
Language
EL
Released
April 23, 2025

Featuring

Cast & crew

2 credited
Starring
Shihong He

Shihong He

Shadow Puppeteer

Mpampis Makris

Mpampis Makris

Shadow Puppeteer

Creative team
Directed by
Konstantinos Potamianos
Konstantinos Potamianos
Written by
Konstantinos Potamianos
Konstantinos Potamianos
Produced by
Zhiyan Ye

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