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Tarak Ben Ammar to Receive Variety’s International Achievement in Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival
Tarak Ben Ammar will receive Variety's International Achievement in Film Award at the Cannes Film Festival
An infallible dealmaker, resourceful problem-solver and filmmaker-friendly bon vivant, Ammar has played a pivotal, yet often behind-the-scenes role, in building cultural and cinematic bridges between Europe, the U.S. and the Arab world over the last 50 years. He quickly became an ally to iconic filmmakers such as Roberto Rossellini, Georges Lucas, Steven Spielberg and Franco Zeffirelli. On the indie production side Eagle scored Italy’s biggest local hit of 2024 with Margherita Ferri’s teen drama “The Boy With Pink Trousers,” about a 15-year-old who took his own life after enduring bullying at school and online.
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