As we head into the April 16th opening weekend of Exit Through The Gift Shop in New York, San Francisco and LA, Banksy has started to release a series of exclusive videos on the film’s official Youtube channel.

In an extended five minute teaser for the film released today, Banksy for the first time sets up the film’s storyline.

Banksy says in the clip: “The film is the story of what happens when this guy tried to make a documentary about me but he was a lot more interesting than I am, so the film is now kinda about him.” That guy is a French filmmaker named Thierry Guetta.

The film opens in cinemas across the United States beginning April 16th. Not sure when it will be released in Australia -- but i’m working on it ;)

“Exit Through the Gift Shop is the story of how an eccentric French shop keeper and amateur film maker attempted to locate and befriend Banksy. Billed as ‘the world’s first street art disaster movie’ the film contains exclusive footage of Banksy, Shephard Fairey, Invader and many of the world’s most infamous graffiti artists at work. “It’s the story of how one man set out to film the un-filmable. And failed”. -- Banksy