Je Suis Auto
Je Suis Auto is an upcoming Austrian social science fiction indie comedy film directed by Johannes Grenzfurthner and Juliana Neuhuber. Chase Masterson is voicing the title character "Auto", a self-driving taxi, and Johannes Grenzfurthner plays Herbie Fuchsel, an unemployed nerd critical of artificial intelligence. 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. Synopsis. The plot of the film 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 ontologically challenged. 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 and Neuhuber, based on a story idea by Grenzfurthner, who has been working in the field of artificial intelligence and art before, for example lecturing at  the Royal United Services Institute, or by publishing books about the subject. Principal photography 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 both Grenzfurthner and Neuhuber have frequently worked before. Chase Masterson recorded her voice part in Vienna in November 2018.