Cannes Film Festival<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\tAn infallible dealmaker, resourceful problem-solver and filmmaker-friendly bon vivant, Ammar has performed a pivotal, but typically behind-the-scenes position, in constructing cultural and cinematic bridges between Europe, the U.S. and the Arab world over the past 50 years.<\/p>\n
\n\tAmmar, whose Eagle Pictures is at the moment Italy\u2019s prime unbiased movie distributor and a rising manufacturing drive, additionally owns France\u2019s Studios de Paris, dwelling of \u201cEmily in Paris,\u201d and is energetic in Saudi Arabia the place he just lately launched a movie fund.<\/p>\n
\n\tAmmar started his profession in Italy and Tunisia within the late Sixties. He shortly grew to become an ally to iconic filmmakers resembling Roberto Rossellini, Georges Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Franco Zeffirelli. He opened the doorways of Tunisia to the movie world, serving to construct an business there from scratch whereas facilitating the productions of movies sush as \u201cStar Wars,\u201d \u201cRaiders of the Lost Ark,\u201d \u201cJesus of Nazareth\u201d and \u201cLa Traviata,\u201d amongst others. After transferring to France, Ammar in 2007 returned to his movie roots and purchased Italian indie distributor Eagle Pictures which has since then turn into his flagship movie outfit and is Paramount and Sony\u2019s Italian theatrical distributor.<\/p>\n
\n\tOn the indie manufacturing facet Eagle scored Italy\u2019s greatest native hit of 2024 with Margherita Ferri\u2019s teen drama \u201cThe Boy With Pink Trousers,\u201d a few 15-year-old who took his personal life after enduring bullying in school and on-line. In phrases of ticket gross sales, it\u2019s even beat Hollywood heavyweights resembling \u201cWicked,\u201d \u201cDune 2,\u201d \u201cGladiator 2\u201d and \u201cVenom 3.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cTarak has been a passionate supporter and champion of independent films,\u201d stated Variety\u2019s <\/em>Co-Editor-in-Chief Ramin Setoodeh. \u201cHe is actually deserving of this honor and Variety appears ahead to toasting him in Cannes.<\/p>\n\n\tAmmar might be honored by Variety <\/em>on May 15 at 4pm on the Majestic Hotel, Salon Croisette.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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