The Godfather director will lead the jury at the 15th Marrakech International Film Festival.

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Francis Ford Coppola is to head the jury at the 15th Marrakech International Film Festival (December 4-12).

Coppola follows 2014 jury president, French actress Isabelle Huppert. Martin Scorsese presided in 2013.

The director’s latest project Distant Vision, an experimental piece, was trialed at Oklahoma City Community College in June this year.

Coppola has won five Academy Awards and two Palme d’Ors.