Annaud's 'Black Gold' to open Doha fest
Sep 07, 2011
Variety
LONDON — Jean-Jacques Annaud’s “Black Gold” will open the Doha Tribeca Film Festival on Oct. 25.
The choice is not a surprise: The pic was co-produced by Tarak Ben Ammar’s Quinta Communciations and the Doha Film Institute, and was one of the biggest movies to ever lense in Qatar. (It also lensed in Tunisia.) Plus, the $55 million budget pic reps the first major international co-production for DFI and Qatar.
The film toplines Antonio Banderas, Freida Pinto, Tahar Rahim, Mark Strong and Liya Kebede, many of whom will attend the opening night preem at the fest.
Titanic” and “Avatar” composer James Horner recently composed the film’s score at London’s Abbey Road Studios, while Qatari vocalist Fahad Al Kubaisi recorded the opening track with the composer
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