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Venice, Italy, 02-12 September 2015

The 72nd Venice International Film Festival will run at the Venice Lido from 2 to 12 September 2015.

This year's Festival will be directed by Alberto Barbera and organized by La Biennale di Venezia.

The event kicks off with a screening of mountaineering drama Everest, starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Keira Knightley, and features an out-of competition screening of Black Mass, a crime drama starring Johnny Depp as infamous mobster Whitey Bulger.

Other titles in the main competition line-up include Heart of a Dog, the directorial feature debut of US musician Laurie Anderson; Beasts of No Nation, a drama about an African civil war starring Idris Elba; Anomalisa, Charlie Kaufman's first animated feature. Mexican director Alfonso Cuaron (Gravity) leads the main jury, which includes actresses Elizabeth Banks and Diane Kruger.

Eurovision Special Events, in cooperation with MH Eurovision Roma, will offer the following facilities onsite:

HD/SD Standup position for Live programme inserts
Playout (multi-format)
Non-equipped workspaces with available coverage
Connectivity to the Eurovision Global Network

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