IO STO CON LA SPOSA
ON THE BRIDE’S SIDE
Antonio Augugliaro, Gabriele Del Grande, Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry / Italy, Palestine / 2014 / 89 min / Colour
A Palestinian poet and an Italian journalist stage a fictitious wedding to help five Syrian migrants reach Sweden. Dressed as the bride and groom and their guests, they depart from Milan and journey across Europe, facing police checkpoints, border crossings, and bureaucratic obstacles. Along the way, the group experiences moments of tension, but also solidarity and humanity, as fiction becomes the only way to overcome the barriers. This intense and political account sheds light on the challenges and dangers of contemporary migration, while highlighting the determination of those who fight for freedom and a better future.
Antonio Augugliaro
Editor and director, he began his career in video art with the new media collective Studio Azzurro. He currently works for Sky and Discovery and is active in Milan’s independent film scene. With Io sto con la sposa (2014), he won the David di Donatello for Best Short Film.
Gabriele Del Grande
Writer, journalist, and director, he is known for his reports, books, and films on migration and wars in the Mediterranean. His blog Fortress Europe, launched in 2006, was the first European observatory to shed light on migrant shipwrecks in the Mediterranean.
Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry
Poet, writer, and director, he was born in Damascus in 1979 to a Palestinian refugee family from Syria. Since 2009, he has lived in Milan. He co-authored Io sto con la sposa (2014), a documentary selected for the Venice Film Festival.
