The Venice film festival jury chair including Naomi Watts, actor-director Christoph Waltz, and director Guillermo Del Toro, has pleaded the Russian government to free jailed Ukranian director, Oleg Sentsov, who has been on a hunger strike.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Sentsov has been on hunger strike since May 14. The jury's request to the government was to not let the Ukranian Director die in prison.