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My Memorial of The Madhouse Circus

A journey into madness and human fragility, condensing the themes of suffering existence into just a few minutes—shifting from painful to ironic—culminating in an unexpected ending that transcends fiction, blending into photographic and painterly reportage from an insider’s perspective.

Officially selected for the Punk Film Festival, which will take place in Berlin on October 20, 2025.

  • Massimo Scognamiglio
    Director
  • Massimo Scognamiglio
    Writer
  • Massimo Scognamiglio
    Producer
  • Ghost Ghost
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Experimental, Short, Web / New Media
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 28 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 16, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    22 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Italy
  • Country of Filming:
    Italy
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Massimo Scognamiglio

Born in Rome, he lives and works in Rome.

Artist, photographer, and digital evangelist, he paints, photographs, and has been exhibiting since the mid-’90s. From 2006 he lived for two years in California, then for a brief period he moved to Paris where he paints, photographs, designs performances, his most famous Rebirth, which took place in 2016 at Place de la République. Today, he lives and works in Rome, in his studio-house-gallery known as Le Petit Atelier.

He has exhibited at the MACRO Museum Asylum in Rome, with the project “Where is the future?”, at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, also in Rome, with the exhibition “The Shining Consciousness”, moreover he has entered the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art of Vibo Valentia LIMEN ; in addition to other galleries in Italy and abroad.

Massimo Scognamiglio stands as a poignant figure in the landscape of contemporary art, his works a testament to the profound layers of human introspection. Without resorting to hyperbole, it is evident that his art delves into the crevices of mental unease while simultaneously radiating a palpable life force. Scognamiglio’s oeuvre is a journey through the psyche, with series like “Gli Strappi” (1998-2004) which laid bare the raw edges of human emotion, and “Ciclo delle Stanze” (2008-today), where each room becomes a chapter of an introspective narrative.

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Director Statement

My art is a descent into the hidden corridors of the human mind — where pain, irony, and fragility collide. This film is not just fiction, it is a testimony: a raw dialogue between madness and beauty, reality and hallucination, memory and survival. I do not paint illusions — I expose what most refuse to see.