Mexican filmmaker Amat Escalante will lead the Official Competition jury.
His latest feature,Lost in the Night, is also playing in the thrill strand at LFF.
The First Feature Competition (Sutherland Award) jury will be headed byRye Lanefilmmaker Raine Allen-Miller.
Marieke Lexmond (left) and Eline van der Velden
This year is Mathesons first year at the helm.
Created by Heba Mashari Hamada and featuring original songs,Sukkardraws inspiration from Jean Websters famous epistolary novelDaddy-Long-Legs.
The movie will be released October 12 by Empire Entertainment.
Also starring in the production are Magda Zaki, Reham Al Shanawany and Mohammed Tharwat.
Predators Producer True To Nature Signs Creative Director
Tom Hardy-narratedPredatorsproducer True to Nature has signed its first Creative Director.
True to Nature recently sawPredatorsenter the Netflix global top 10 and the show is the first ever Sky/Netflix co-production.
Other credits includeShark with Steve Backshalland CBBCsOne Zoo Three.
