''Je Suis Auto'' is an upcoming

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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 art ...

Chase Masterson Chase Masterson (born Christianne Carafano on February 26, 1963) is an American actress and singer. Early life Chase Masterson was born Christianne Carafano in Colorado Springs, Colorado. As her father was in the Army,artificial intelligence Artificial intelligence (AI) is intelligence—perceiving, synthesizing, and inferring information—demonstrated by machines, as opposed to intelligence displayed by animals and humans. Example tasks in which this is done include speech re ...

. 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 film's plot is currently unknown, but it is confirmed that 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

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challenged.

Cast

Chase Masterson Chase Masterson (born Christianne Carafano on February 26, 1963) is an American actress and singer. Early life Chase Masterson was born Christianne Carafano in Colorado Springs, Colorado. As her father was in the Army,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 art ...

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

* 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 progr ...

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.

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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 and Grenzfurthner have frequently worked. Chase Masterson recorded her voice part in Vienna in November 2018.

References

External links

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