Freida Pinto
An excited crowd of thousands gathered Tuesday night at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) for the world premiere of Arabian epic Black Gold, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and starring 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 spectacular Open Air Theatre (KOAT), kicking off the five-day community oriented festival.
Tunisian producer Tarak Ben Ammar dedicated the film’s opening to the people of Tunisia and their newfound democracy as voted in the past two days. The sold out crowd at 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.
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.
Against the stunning backdrop of a specially constructed four-storey open air theatre, stars dazzled on the red carpet as they mingled with local fans and VIP industry guests from around the world.
Black Gold cast and guests in attendance Tuesday night were Freida Pinto, Dev Patel,
Tarak Ben Ammar, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Tahar Rahim, Mark Strong, James Horner, Jan Uddin and Akin Gazi.
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