{{Short description|Austrian science fiction comedy film}} {{Infobox film | name = Je Suis Auto | image = | caption = | director = Juliana Neuhuber | producer = {{Plainlist| * Johannes Grenzfurthner * Günther Friesinger * Franz Ablinger }} | screenplay = Johannes Grenzfurthner | starring = {{Plainlist| * Chase Masterson * Johannes Grenzfurthner * Jason Scott * Florian Sebastian Fitz * Boris Popovic * Aaron Hillis }} | music = {{Plainlist| * Mark Cobrin * Michael Donaldson * Daniel Hasibar * Jimmy Lee }} | cinematography = Thomas Weilguny | editing = Estelle Hödl | production_companies = {{Plainlist| * monochrom }} | distributor = monochrom | released = {{Film date|2024}} | runtime = | country = Austria | language = English | budget = | gross = }} '''''Je Suis Auto''''' is a 2024 Austrian social science fiction indie comedy film directed by Juliana Neuhuber<ref>{{cite web |last1=Glashüttner |first1=Robert |title=Gute, alte Spiele |date=15 November 2018 |url=https://fm4.orf.at/stories/2947591/ |publisher=ORF |accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref> and written by Johannes Grenzfurthner. Chase Masterson is voicing the title character "Auto", a self-driving taxi.<ref>{{Cite tweet |user=ChaseMasterson |number=1065617231248277504 |date = 22 November 2018 |title=Je Suis Auto, announcement}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dax |first1=Patrick |title=Star Trek Schauspielerin in Wien |url=https://futurezone.at/science/star-trek-schauspielerin-bei-roboter-cocktailfestival-in-wien/400329930 |website=Futurezone |date=20 November 2018 |accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=FM4 Morning Show of November 24, 2018 |url=https://monochrom.at/jesuisauto/FM4-MorningShow__Nov-24-2018.mp3 |website=FM4 |publisher=ORF |accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Je Suis Auto |url=https://www.monochrom.at/jesuisauto |accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref>
The film is distributed by monochrom.<ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Je Suis Auto - Premiere in April 2019 |url=https://www.monochrom.at/jesuisauto/Je_Suis_Auto__Press-Release.pdf |website=monochrom |accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Glashüttner |first1=Robert |title=Gute, alte Spiele |url=https://fm4.orf.at/stories/2947591/ |website=ORF |date=15 November 2018 |publisher=ORF FM4 |accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref>
== Synopsis == The story starts with an ill-tempered mafioso who needs to deliver a suitcase full of money. He enters a self-driving taxi<ref>[https://quepeliverehoy.es/terrormolins2021-entrevista-a-johannes-grenzfurthner-director-de-masking-threshold/ Interview with Johannes Grenzfurthner on quepeliverehoy.es; 22 November 2021]</ref> to get to his destination but doesn't know that his ride is ontologically challenged.
== Cast == * Chase Masterson * Johannes Grenzfurthner * Jason Scott * Florian Sebastian Fitz * Boris Popovic * Aaron Hillis The film features several cameo appearances by Austrian media personalities such as Chris Lohner, Eva Billisich, Conny Lee, and Joesi Prokopetz.<ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Je Suis Auto - Premiere in April 2019 |url=https://www.monochrom.at/jesuisauto/Je_Suis_Auto__Press-Release.pdf |website=monochrom |accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref>
== Production == In June 2018, monochrom announced at their event ''monocon''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Schaur-Wünsch |first1=Teresa |title=Die Nerds im Feiermodus |url=https://diepresse.com/home/leben/mensch/5391743/Die-Nerds-im-Feiermodus |website=Die Presse |date=19 March 2018 |accessdate=19 December 2018}}</ref> 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 Royal United Services Institute,<ref>{{cite web |title=Staging the Future: Artificial Intelligence and Conflict (8 November 2017) |url=https://rusi.org/events/open-to-all/staging-the-future-artificial-intelligence-and-conflict-0 |website=RUSI |date=8 November 2017 |accessdate=21 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Cole |first1=August |title=AI on Stage |url=http://artoffuturewarfare.org/2017/11/ai-on-stage/ |website=The Art of Future Warfare Atlantic Council |publisher=Atlantic Council |accessdate=21 December 2018 |archive-date=16 December 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181216012357/http://artoffuturewarfare.org/2017/11/ai-on-stage/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> or by publishing books about the subject.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Johannes Grenzfurthner |author2=Günther Friesinger |author3=Thomas Ballhausen |title=Mind and Matter: Comparative Approaches towards Complexity |url=https://www.transcript-verlag.de/978-3-8376-1800-6/mind-and-matter/ |publisher=transcript-Verlag |accessdate=21 December 2018}}</ref>
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 Neuhuber has frequently worked.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lutschinger |first1=Stefan |title=Die GstettenSaga: The Rise of Echsenfriedl. A post-apocalyptic aftermath of the "Google Wars" |url=https://www.furtherfield.org/die-gstettensaga-the-rise-of-echsenfriedl-a-post-apocalyptic-aftermath-of-the-google-wars/ |website=Furtherfield |date=17 June 2014 |accessdate=21 December 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Glossary of Broken Dreams |url=http://www.austrianfilms.com/jart/prj3/afc-new/main.jart?reserve-mode=reserve&rel=de&content-id=1422972473150&fid=1537215096480 |website=AFC |accessdate=21 December 2018}}</ref>
Chase Masterson recorded her voice part in Vienna in November 2018.
The premiere took place on July 1, 2024, at Stadtkino in Vienna.
The film was screened at BUT Film Festival 2025 in Breda, the Netherlands, in the festival’s “Virtual Insanity” section in August 2025.
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== External links == *{{IMDb title|id=8476156|title=Je Suis Auto}} *[https://www.monochrom.at/jesuisauto Official page] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTqKCBqL0cs Jason Scott talking about acting in "Je Suis Auto"]
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