The Tirana Conspiracy
TITLE
The Tirana Conspiracy
DIRECTOR
Manfredi Lucibello
COUNTRY
Italy
YEAR
2024
DURATION
71′
GENRE
Documentary
The Tirana Conspiracy
December 2000. The famous photographer Oliviero Toscani accepts an invitation from the art critic Giancarlo Politi 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 immoral: 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 crimes are time-barred, the protagonists can finally tell the truth.
DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY - Manfredi Lucibello
A graduate of the Cineteca di Bologna Master under the direction of Giuseppe Bertolucci, in 2013 he directed the documentary Centoquaranta- La strage dimenticata, presented at the 54th Festival dei Popoli and winner of the 32nd Bellaria FF. In 2018 he wrote and directed his first feature film, Tutte le mie notti. In 2022 he directed the documentary Bice Lazzari- The Rhythm and Obsession, and in 2023 he wrote and directed the film Non riattacare, selected in competition at the 41st Torino FF and the 32nd Raindance IFF, distributed by I Wonder Pictures.
- DirectorManfredi Lucibello
- ScreenplayManfredi Lucibello
- Cinematography Matteo Ferrarini
- CastOliviero Toscani, Marco Lavagetto and with: Stefania Carnevali, Gino Gianuzzi, Pier Matteo Lucibello, Aleksandros Memetaj, Paolo Rago, Kastriot Shehi, Bebo Storti
- EditingDiego Berrè
- Producer/s Matteo Pecorara
- Production CompanySmall Boss
- Distributor/s
- Project TitleThe Tirana Conspiracy
- Project TypeDocumentary
- Completion Date1 January 2024
- Country of originItaly
- Country of filmingItaly
- LanguageItalian
- First-time Filmmaker No
- Student ProjectNo
Manfredi Lucibello
A graduate of the Cineteca di Bologna Master under the direction of Giuseppe Bertolucci, in 2013 he directed the documentary Centoquaranta- La strage dimenticata, presented at the 54th Festival dei Popoli and winner of the 32nd Bellaria FF. In 2018 he wrote and directed his first feature film, Tutte le mie notti. In 2022 he directed the documentary Bice Lazzari- The Rhythm and Obsession, and in 2023 he wrote and directed the film Non riattacare, selected in competition at the 41st Torino FF and the 32nd Raindance IFF, distributed by I Wonder Pictures.
