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30th Film Festival of Lessinia Bosco Chiesanuova 22 - 31 August 2025

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IO STO CON LA SPOSA

ON THE BRIDE'S SIDE

Antonio Augugliaro, 

Gabriele Del Grande, 

Khaled Soliman al Nassiry 

89' / 

/ 2014

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.
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Antonio Augugliaro

AntonioAugugliaro

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.
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Gabriele Del Grande

GabrieleDel 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.
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Khaled Soliman al Nassiry

KhaledSoliman 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.
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