Series of cultural and historical documentaries.

The show "BEHIND THE CURTAIN," dedicated to the life and work of poet Nikos Kavvadias, captures the memories and perspectives of artists who experienced Nikos Kavvadias in their own unique way.

Poet Nikos Kavvadias is well-known through his musical adaptations and the myth of the "poet of the sea" that follows him. However, he is also "hidden" to many, as he spent most of his life traveling, which resulted in limited knowledge of his life and his small yet highly valuable body of work.

What lies behind the stereotypes? What truly inspired him? The small and big details of his life—his woman, the sea, his political consciousness, the breadth of his culture, his unique language, the connection he had with the writers of his time, his childhood and his roots—are examined in an effort to highlight, beyond the course of his life and work, the most hidden aspects of him and explain the ever-increasing popularity of his work, even to this day.

Painter Vasilis Sperantzas emotionally explains the decisive influence Nikos Kavvadias had on his work and recalls moments from his childhood with Kolias, as they called Nikos Kavvadias. Writer Dimitris Kalokyris describes the phenomenon of Nikos Kavvadias' poetry, focusing on his humility, the special oral quality of his poetic language, the narrativity, and the completeness of his short poems. He notably says that even if Kavvadias had only written "Marabou," it would have been enough to reveal the greatness of his poetry. Writer Thanasis Valtinos recalls moments and incidents shared with Nikos Kavvadias, emphasizing the immediacy of his verse, the timelessness of his poetry, the intense physical dimension within his poems, and the position of women in them, as well as in his life, as revealed through his love letters to Theano Souna. Thanos Mikroutsikos highlights the initial inability of critics to perceive Nikos Kavvadias as anything beyond the "poet of the sea." He insists on the contemporary nature of his poetry and, in the context of "Stavros tou Notou," speaks about the impact of his work across different generations of Greeks who came to know poetry through music, and vice versa, on a scale unprecedented even by European standards. During the show, the narration includes biographical details about the poet, enriched with abundant photographic and archival material. Additionally, excerpts from his musical poems are heard, along with sections from a 1988 radio show in which Manolis Anagnostakis read Nikos Kavvadias' verses.