Arabian Epic ‘Black Gold’ dedicated to the people of Tunisia.

At the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF), Tunisian producer Tarak Ben Amaar dedicated the opening of the Arabian epic Black Gold to the Tunisian people and their newfound democracy as voted in the past two days.

The excited crowd of thousands at the KOAT erupted into applause at Ben Ammar’s remarks as he talked about the cast and crew’s experiences shooting Black Gold in Tunisia during the Arab Spring.

Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, Black Gold has in the lead Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Tahar Rahim, Riz Ahmed, Mark Strong, Jan Uddin, Akin Gazi.

More than 2,000 members of the Qatari community were in attendance to enjoy DTFF’s opening night gala at Katara’s open air theatre (KOAT).

Ben Ammar’s Quinta Communications co-produced the international production Black Gold with the Doha Film Institute (DFI). The film is DFI’s first major international co-production and one of biggest and most ambitious projects ever to shoot in the Arab region.

Stars from the Arab world included: Khaled Mouzannar, Sawsan Badr, Merihan, Carmen Lebbos, Yosra, Mahmoud Abdelaziz, Jamal Soliman and Khaled Yousef. GCC talent included Demet Gul, Aylin Tezel, Mohammad Malas, Fahad Al Kubaisi, Saood Al Kaabi, Habib Ghuloom Al Attar, Abdulla Alkaabi.

References: http://www.tradearabia.com/news/MEDIA_207186.html