''Je Suis Auto'' is a 2024

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directed by

Juliana Neuhuber Juliana Neuhuber (born 1979) is a director, screenwriter, and artist from Austria. She is based in Vienna. Neuhuber has been active in the Austrian independent film scene since 1998, and realized many short films and artistic projects. Her firs ...

and written by

Johannes Grenzfurthner Johannes Grenzfurthner (; born 1975 in Vienna) is an Austrian artist, filmmaker, writer, actor, curator, theatre director, performer and lecturer. Grenzfurthner is the founder, conceiver and artistic director of ''monochrom'', an international ar ...

Chase Masterson Chase Masterson (born Christianne Carafano on February 26, 1963) is an American actress, singer and producer best known for her role as Leeta on ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine''. She has appeared in the TV shows ''General Hospital'', ''Sliders'', ...

is voicing the title character "Auto", a self-driving taxi,. Johannes Grenzfurthner plays Herbie Fuchsel, an unemployed nerd critical of

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. The film is a farcical comedy that deals with issues such as artificial intelligence, politics of labor, and tech culture. The film is distributed by

monochrom Monochrom (stylised as monochrom) is an international art-technology-philosophy group, publishing house and film production company. It was founded in 1993, and defines itself as "an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop att ...

Synopsis

The story starts with an ill-tempered mafioso who needs to deliver a suitcase full of money. He enters a self-driving taxi to get to his destination but doesn't know that his ride is

ontologically Ontology is the philosophical study of being. It is traditionally understood as the subdiscipline of metaphysics focused on the most general features of reality. As one of the most fundamental concepts, being encompasses all of reality and every ...

challenged.

Cast

Jason Scott Jason Scott Sadofsky (born September 13, 1970) is an American archivist, historian of technology, filmmaker, performer, and actor. Scott has been known by the online pseudonyms Sketch, SketchCow, Sketch The Cow, The Slipped Disk, and textfiles. ...

* Florian Sebastian Fitz * Boris Popovic *

Aaron Hillis Aaron Hillis is an American writer, film critic, director, film festival programmer, and curator. Career Hillis has been active in independent film, especially within the fields of indie festivals, exhibitions, indie film distribution and progra ...

The film features several cameo appearances by Austrian media personalities such as Chris Lohner, Eva Billisich, Conny Lee, and Joesi Prokopetz.

Production

In June 2018, monochrom announced at their event ''monocon'' that they are working on a new science fiction comedy film. The script was written by Grenzfurthner, who has been working in the field of artificial intelligence and art before, for example lecturing at the

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, or by publishing books about the subject.

Principal photography Principal photography is the phase of producing a film or television show in which the bulk of shooting takes place, as distinct from the phases of pre-production and post-production. Personnel Besides the main film personnel, such as the ...

on the film began in August 2018, in cooperation with the production team of ''Traum und Wahnsinn''. Directory of Photography was Thomas Weilguny, with whom Neuhuber has frequently worked. Chase Masterson recorded her voice part in Vienna in November 2018. The premiere is on July 1, 2024 at Stadtkino, Vienna.

References

External links

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Official pageJason Scott talking about acting in "Je Suis Auto"
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