Filmography
Behind the Shadows (Documentary)
2025
China, Greece
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 the 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, Mpampis Makris, in the film.
This documentary is a cultural bridge between Greece and China through the art of shadow puppetry.
Director Statement:
In my childhood memories, my friends were the shadow puppets. Whenever I wanted to talk to someone, I always talked to them. A few years after the last time I was behind the cloth shadow puppetry stage in Greece, I decided to travel to the other side of the world and meet the worldwide roots of shadow puppetry. Shooting this movie was the most sentimental experience I have ever had. I was filming something that I was coming across for the first time, but strangely everything it was seems so familiar to me. It was like watching my shadow puppetry teacher preparing for a performance or creating new shadow puppets. This documentary is a cultural bridge between Greece and China through the art of shadow puppetry.
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The Future of Clay (Documentary)
2024
China
Zhong Ming, a gifted potter, is in a deep search for his own personal voice. His works are a harmonious blend of Chinese and Western culture with respect to the "Rongchang" ceramic tradition. His work goes far beyond the conventional pottery that the market demands, with awards in international art competitions, and he tries to find a way to balance these two aspects of his art. Eventually, through his work, he is led to find his personal style and gain recognition for it.
Participations in film festivals: 4th Aigio International Short Film Festival "Theodoros Angelopoulos", 2nd Kalamata International Short Doc Festival (Finalist), 12th Chania Film Festival, 11th International Documentary Festival of Ierapetra & Awards, 18th Chalkida Documentary Festival.
Director Statement:
This trip and documentary was a unique experience for me. Since it was my first time visiting China, I was in a culture shock with everything around me, and I didn't know what to shoot first. But thanks to the help of my two producers, Zhao Yiying and Lu Yuqi, I was finally able to focus on the story of my protagonist, Zhong Ming and through our shared reflections and concerns, I managed to create this documentary.
The Call Of The Lighthouses (Documentary)
2021-22
Greece
"The Call Of The Lighthouses" (Το Κάλεσμα Των Φάρων), is a documentary that describes the story of the renovation of the two most southern lighthouses in land-based Europe, from the point of view of the architect who undertook their reconstruction. The project was difficult and full of unexpected incidents, but he and his team managed to complete it successfully.
Participations in film festivals:
8th Beyond Borders, Kalamata Short Documentary Festival (Honorable Mention), Aigio International Short Film Festival "Theodoros Angelopoulos"(Honorable Mention), AXD Film Festival (Best Documentary Award), Thessaloniki Free Short Festival (Best Youth Documentary Award), Kinofestival "Light of the world"(Honorable Mention), The 5th Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival, Youth Diversity Film Festival Filmmaker Sessions Hosted by @LiftOffGlobalNetwork, 22nd Camera Zizanio, Patras Steps Film Festival, 11th Chania Film Fest, 17th Chalkida Documentary Festival, 7th Nafplio Bridges International Film Festival.
Director Statement:
I started the preproduction of this documentary in May of 2021. I had no idea it would take me so long to complete it until I finally did, in September of 2022. This, of course, resulted in me becoming attached to this project, making it a personal one for me.
Video Clips
"Methexis"
Music Album by Georgios Tsolis
2024
About the album:
"Methexis" stands as the fourth personal album from the pianist and composer, Georgios Tsolis. This extraordinary album was meticulously recorded at Sierra Studios on the 19th and 20th of September 2023, capturing the essence of Tsolis's musical brilliance and creative prowess
Performance:
Georgios Tsolis (piano)
Jorge Vistel (trumpet)
Yusiff Barakat (double bass)
Owen Hart Jr. (drums)
Composition: Georgios Tsolis
Publisher: Edition Svitzer
Label: Svitzer
Film Production: Anamorphic Films - KP
Director, DoP, Gaffer, 1st Camera OP: Konstantinos Potamianos
Frist Prod. Assistant, 2nd Camera OP: Alex Verroios
Editor/ Colorist: Konstantinos Potamianos
With support from Koda’s Cultural Funds
Music Concerts
Gershwin Piano Concerto in F
(arr. for jazz piano trio and orchestra)
July 2024
Gershwin Piano Concerto
(arr. for jazz piano trio and orchestra)
Performed in Patras International Music Festival in 5 July 2024.
Athens State Orchestra (KOA)
Nikos Haliassas (conductor)
Anastasios Pappas (piano)
Vilen Karapetian (double-bass)
Konstantinos Potamianos (drums)
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BIO
Konstantinos Potamianos is a Filmmaker & Musician.
He is located in Greece and has been working in filmmaking the last years, especially in the documentary area.
He is a graduate of the music school of Patras and is attending the NKUA department of Digital Arts and Cinema.
He is also a Jazz-Drummer and he have collaborate with KOA Orchestra, Anastasios Pappas Vilen Karapetian, Georgios Tsolis and others.
In 2018 he participated with his first short film, entitled "The House I Was Born In" with a refugee theme, which he made for a local competition in his city and won first place.
In 2021 he participated with the short film "Lockdown" (4:06) in Camera Zizanio.
In 2021 to 2022 “The Call of the Lighthouses” (10:51) is a documentary regarding the renovation of the two most southern lighthouses of land-based Europe from the architect’s perspective. The documentary granted several nominations from acclaimed film festivals worldwide.
During the summer of 2022 he participated in Film Days at VBU - REEL EXCHANGE @FRESH FILM workshop in Sweden and Ireland where he and his team created the short documentary “Lakes with Different Faces” (9:04).
In 2024 he created a potter artist portrait documentary called “The Future of Clay” (10:31) as part of the Looking China 2024 program in Rongzhang of China.
That same year he participated in “Crafting True Narratives: Mastering the Documentary” workshop at the
10th International Peloponnese Documentary Festival in Kalamata and he co-directed an observational documentary about young people's anxiety called “Don’t Panic” (8:42).
In 2025 he created an ethnographic documentary about a student of Greek shadow puppetry that he visited the routes of shadow puppetry in Wushan of China. The name of the documentary is "Behind the Shadows" (14:05) and it was created in the Looking China 2025 program.