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Many filmmakers fear the existential threat of artificial intelligence, but in India the race is on to produce the first hit Bollywood feature generated by the technology. Source: https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20260416-india-s-maharaja-in-denims-stakes-claim-in-ai-film-race
The city is one of several in the Gulf region to have been hit by Iranian drone and missile strikes, in retaliation to the US-Israel military action launched against Iran on February 28. Chesneau is one of several executives from … Continued
Nancy Paton, a producer and director based in Abu Dhabi, describes how the production landscape has changed drastically in the Mid East over the past decade — and why the current war threatens to upend that progress. Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/iran-war-middle-east-film-nancy-paton-feature-1236566046/
President Emmanuel Macron said the much-loved stalwart of French cinema had been “an actress with whom we loved, dreamed and grew up”. A four-time acting winner at the Césars – France’s equivalent of the Oscars – Baye starred in some … Continued
When the LUX Audience Award for a European film is presented at a special ceremony in the European Parliament’s iconic Hemicycle chamber in Brussels on April 14, it will mark the crowning moment for what is the largest audience film … Continued
Italy’s first female director made 60 features depicting the gritty squalor of early 20th-century Naples. Most were lost to Mussolini’s censorship and she died in obscurity – but now a new documentary gives her a voice again Source: https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/apr/06/elvira-notari-beyond-silence-first-female-italian-film-director-fascism-mussolini-censorship