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112.ua: Jury of Venice Film Festival calls Russia to release Sentsov

Published Sept. 8, 2018. Updated Sept. 8 at 4:30 pm

(From L) President of the Venezia 75 competition Jury, Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, President of the Virtual Reality jury, Danish director and screenwriter Susanne Bier, and President of the "Luigi de Laurentiis" Venice Award for a Debut Film, director Ramin Bahrani react on stage during the opening ceremony, prior to the premiere of the film "First Man", presented in competition at the on Aug. 29, at Venice Lido.

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Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro and the jurors of 2018 Venice Film Festival called Russia to release the Ukrainian political prisoner, filmmaker Oleg Sentsov. The relevant claim was published on September 8, as AFP reports.

Actress Naomi Watts, actor and director Christoph Waltz and the other jurors of the festival and celebrities claimed that Sentsov was “imprisoned and tortured… after a trial that clearly did not respect the rights of the defence”.