Art Crimes
by Stefano Strocchi • Completed • 6 x 52’ & 6 x 90’ • Italy / Germany
Credits
Director / Producer:
Stefano Strocchi
Executive Producer:
Marco Visalberghi
Stolen paintings promise quick money. But where to put world-famous masterpieces by Monet, Munch or van Gogh? In six episodes full of surprising twists, art thieves and investigators step in front of the camera to reconstruct the most spectacular thefts of the last decades. One of them: the Norwegian ex-footballer Pål Enger, who was a little too cocky at the crime scene...
Filmmaker’s Biography
Stefano Strocchi is an independent documentary producer and director from Italy. His productions include, ALMOST MARRIED by F. Bucak (IDFA First Appearence Competition 2010), the cross-media project FROM ZERO: STORIES FROM EARTHQUAKE TENT CAMPS in co-production with Al Jazeera English (IDFA 2009, TFF2009, Bellaria 2010), and RETURN TO L’AQUILA by Giotto Barbieri in co-production with Al Jazeera English (2011). In 2013, he wrote and directed the feature documentary LA POLITICA in co-production with ZDF/ARTE, DR, VRT, and NRK. He has also co-written and produced the feature doc COMMANDER ARIAN by Alba Sotorra (2018) which premiered in International Competition at HotDocs 2018, Sheffield DocFest 2018, and Shanghai Documentary Festival 2018.