Behind the Shadows (2025)

04/23/2025 (EL) • 14m

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.

Top Billed Cast

Shihong He

Shadow Puppeteer

Mpampis Makris

Shadow Puppeteer


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Status

Released

Original Language

Mandarin

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

china

greece

art

ethnographical

ethnographic film

shadow theater

shadow puppetry

karagiozis

θέατρο σκιών

καραγκιόζης

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