The Tirana Conspiracy
by Manfredi Lucibello, Italy, 2024, 71' Greek Premiere
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 Bienniale. 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: Manfredi Lucibello
Manfredi Lucibello is 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.
