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The Tirana conspiracy

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The Tirana conspiracy (Il complotto di Tirana)

The Tirana conspiracy (Il complotto di Tirana)

original title:

Il complotto di Tirana

directed by:

Manfredi Lucibello

cinematography:

Matteo Pecorara

editing:

Diego Berrè

producer:

Matteo Pecorara

production:

Small Boss Production, with the support of Emilia-Romagna Film Commission

country:

Italy

year:

2024

film run:

71'

format:

colour

status:

Ready (01/07/2024)

festivals & awards:

  • TIFF-Transilvania International Film Festival 2025: No Limit
  • Tirana International Film Festival 2025: Reflecting Albania
  • Rome Film Fest 2024: Freestyle
  • Festival dei Popoli 2024: Proiezione Speciale
  • FIFA 2025: Festival International du Film sur l’Art 2025: Concorso Internazionale - Premio della Giuria
  • Asolo Art Film Festival 2025: Concorso Internazionale - Gran Premio Migliore Opera
  • Beyond Borders International Documentary Film Festival in Castellorizo 2025: Concorso Internazionale
  • Carpi Film Festival 2025: Arte e Doc
  • DA2 - Zagreb Design, Art & Architecture Film Festival 2025: Concorso Internazionale - Miglior Documentario
  • Documentaria 2025: Visioni Doc Italia
  • Les Rencontres du Film d’Art 2025: Concorso Internazionale
  • Baff Brussels Art Film Festival 2025: Concorso Internazionale
  • Internationales Festival Zeiche Der Nacht at Berlin 2025: Concorso Internazionale - Menzione Speciale
  • Signes de Nuit Paris 2025: Concorso Internazionale Documentari

December 2000. The famous photographer Oliviero Toscani accepts the invitation of Giancarlo Politi, publisher and art critic, to curate a section of the first edition of the Tirana Biennial. The photographer presents four scandalous artists, authors of works that are uncomfortable, inappropriate, even offensive to morality: Dimitri Bioy, a paedophile; Marcello Gavotta, a pornographer; Bola Equa, an activist wanted by the Nigerian government; and Hamid Picardo, Bin Laden's official photographer. This is just the beginning of what will go down as one of the biggest hoaxes in contemporary art history. Now that the statute of limitations has expired, the protagonists can finally tell the truth.