She Broke Barriers as a Production CEO in the Middle East. Then She Had to Evacuate the Region

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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/

‘An orgiastic pandemonium’: Elvira Notari, the ‘low-life cinema’ pioneer erased by fascism

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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  

Inside Pixar’s Scrapped Movie ‘Be Fri’ and the “Devastating” Aftermath

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“Disney reps were like, ‘We can’t have a girl power movie,’” an insider tells The Hollywood Reporter about the animation studio making the rare decision to cancel the feature after years of development.   Source: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/pixar-scrapped-be-fri-movie-pete-docter-1236548613/