Art of the Prank is a feature documentary about New York artist Joey Skaggs, the godfather of the media hoax. Famed for such media fictions as the Celebrity Sperm Bank, the Cathouse for Dogs, the Fat Squad, and Portofess (the mobile confessional booth), all reported as fact by prestigious journalists, he’s one of America’s greatest living satirists. When he decides to pull off the most demanding hoax of his career, filmmaker Andrea Marini gets a unique view into the mind of this most unconventional man.
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Festival & Awards:
Denver Film Festival (USA); Slamdance (USA) / Slamdance Jury Honorary Mention for Documentary Feature Award; Atlanta Film Festival (USA); Sarasota Film Festival (USA); Alhambra Theatre Film Festival (USA); Calgary Underground Film Festival (Canada); 25th Arizona International Film Festival (USA); NorthwestFest (USA); 15th San Francisco Documentary Festival: SF DocFest (USA); Lower East Side Film Festival (USA); Jerome Indie Film & Music Festival (USA); Revelation Perth International Film Festival (Australia); Sydney Underground Film Festival (Australia); Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers (USA); Comedy Cluj International Film Festival (Romania); St. Louis International Film Festival (USA); Santa Fe Film Festival (USA); New Jersey Film Festival (USA); Bonita Springs International Film Festival (USA) / Winner Feature Doc