067: July Industry News Round-Up: Albanese on AI, Festival Updates, Tributes & More...

This episode is sponsored by Getty Images, home to market-leading creative and editorial content from the world’s best photographers and videographers.---Have thoughts to share about this episode or want to come and chat about everything going on in the industry? Join Loani, Aven, Robbie and Kirsty this Thursday 30th July at 8:30pm for our monthly Instagram Live: https://www.instagram.com/weinterruptpodcast---Aven and Kirsty catch up to discuss everything that happened in the industry in July, starting with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s speech announcing mandatory national AI standards, with a strong commitment to protecting Australian creators’ IP.They also cover Screen Australia’s new development guidelines, Netflix’s viewer numbers for the first half of 2026, and a big month of festival announcements from CinefestOz to TIFF and Venice.Plus tributes to Sam Neill and Tania Lambert ACS, industry moves at Screenworks and Screen Australia, what we’ve both been watching in cinemas, productions shooting around Australia, and more!---Links to topics mentioned in this episode:Australia’s AI Policy Update: https://theconversation.com/australia-wants-to-manage-ai-what-will-that-look-like-287496Can Filmmaking Survive Without AI? (Daniel Maze on LinkedIn): https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/can-filmmaking-survive-without-ai-daniel-maze-9j77e Stephen Follows: What Just Happened to TheNumbers.com Should Worry Us All: SPA’s Ones to Watch program: https://www.screenproducers.org.au/ones-to-watchAustralians in Film’s Future Vision Forward initiative: https://www.futurevisionsummit.orgSam Neill Dies After 78 Years of Living the Skuxx Life (Betoota Advocate): ⁠https://www.betootaadvocate.com/sam-neill-dies-after-78-years-of-living-the-skux-life ⁠Tania Lambert ACS Tribute: https://www.instagram.com/p/DbFeVwHE3LWPast episodes of We Interrupt This Broadcast we mentioned:Grainne Brunsdon & Ian Murray (Screen Australia’s Private Investment Toolkit): https://www.weinterruptthisbroadcast.com.au/episodes?grid1-dialog=reco4cIFdWhbwDfs2 Jasmine Yang (The Amazing Digital Circus): https://www.weinterruptthisbroadcast.com.au/episodes?grid1-dialog=recVN5R4R020S0EKn---If you enjoyed this episode, please leave us a review on Apple or give us 5 stars on Spotify to help us spread the word.---This episode of We Interrupt This Broadcast was hosted and edited by ⁠Aven Yap⁠ and ⁠Kirsty Stark⁠.Follow us on: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ | ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LinkedIn⁠⁠⁠⁠---Thanks to ⁠Getty Images⁠ for sponsoring this episode. If you’re looking for historical, contemporary or creative footage, head to ⁠gettyimages.com⁠.