London Film Festival: Sam Pollard To Lead Official Competition Jury

Deadline - Sep 30, 2026

Legendary documentary filmmaker Sam Pollard will lead the Official Competition jury at this year’s London Film Festival. Pollard will be joined by Argentine filmmaker and writer Mariano Llinás (The Life of Jorge Luis Borges) and Julie La Bassiere, Chief Strategy Officer at DDA Global. The ten films in Competition at LFF this year are: • […]

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