Lifting the Veil: On the Bride's Side and the Migrant Crisis

In this eye-opening documentary, a journalist and two poets help five asylum seekers from Syria and Palestine to make the journey from Italy to Sweden, posing as a wedding retinue to avoid raising suspicion. With its masterful blend of reality and re-enactment, and critical and comedic, the film is a formidable vehicle through which to inspire change regarding refugee issues, writes Jasmine Crittenden.

Additional keywords: world cinema, Gabriele Del Grande, Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry, Antonio Augugliaro, Tareq Al Jabr, Tasnim Fared, Europe.