‘AI is here to stay and change things’: Mad Max director George Miller on why he is taking part in an AI film festival

<p>The director believes AI has made film-making ‘way more egalitarian’ – and is set to lead the judges at Omni AI film festival in Australia</p><p>There’s no arguing the use of artificial intelligence in film-making is getting a bad rap. Last week’s unveiling of Hollywood’s<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/sep/30/tilly-norwood-ai-actor-hollywood"> first AI “actress”, Tilly Norwood,</a> generated howls of protest from actors’ unions across the UK and US, where the industry is still reeling from last year’s <a href="https://harpersbazaar.com.au/actors-strike-2023/">118-day strike</a> over, among other issues, the threat of AI.</p><p>And earlier this week, Australia’s Productivity Commission was <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/30/briggs-warns-about-artist-copyright-ai-australia-productivity-commission-abandoning-creatives">pilloried by Liberals and Greens </a>alike for failing to recognise the dire impact AI may have on the country’s creative industries.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oct/09/ai-film-making-omni-festival-mad-max-director-george-miller-interview">Continue reading...</a>