ADA
Austria, 1978: Chrisi is a brilliant software engineer hired to covertly develop a software to control the world's first fully autonomous nuclear power plant, as a way to eliminate future disasters due to the human error factor. Her research was never put to use as the power plant never enters operation. Decades later, as a global war is looming, the government decides to activate the abandoned program. Chrisi is called in. However, it turns out the hibernated AI now has developed a grudge against its creator.
Chrisi's film character is loosely based on the Austrian computer scientist Christiane Floyd, a pioneer of evolutionary participatory software design. ADA is the name of the upcoming short film, shot at AKW Zwentendorf in Austria in 2021.
Principal Cast
JELLA JOST
Jella Jost works as a professional actress, singer and musician more than 35 years: Wiener Festwochen/Schauspielhaus Wien/Jeunesse Wien/Konzerthaus Wien. Last filmworks with Mara Mattuschka „Qvid Tum". Currently she also works at University of Vienna; Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and Pedagogic University Austria and Vienna as Lecturer for Voice and Speech. She speaks French, US-english and German. Lives in Vienna and Bad Gastein. She writes feminist essays for the paper Augustin on a regular basis.
JULIUS STEINER
Julius Steiner is an experienced actor known from television series and commercials, including Maiberger, Menschen und Mächte, Die Migrantigen and more.
Credits
Written, directed and edited by Anders Khan-Bolin | DOP and Lights: Richard Schweiger | Camera operator: Klaus Taschler | Photographer: Martin Konzett. Produced with kind support from HackFu Austria. Special thanks to Benjamin Swiczinski, Andreas Heydecke, Matthias Ritschl, Clara Reimitz and Juliana Neuhuber.
Second unit (Chrisi F. 1976 clips): Chrisi F. - Lynsey Thurgar. Security Princess - Bert Obernosterer. Nuclear Safety Inspector Sector 7-G - Josef. P. Wagner. Theoretical Physicist - Daniel “Lucky” Lackner. Script by Juliana Neuhuber und Bert Obernosterer. Directed & edited by Juliana Neuhuber. DOP Thomas Weilguny. Make-up by Nora Eglesz. Sound design by Daniel Hasibar. VFX by Josef P. Wagner. VHS Recording by Manfred Motal. Thanks to: Nicolas G. Heimburger, Andreas Heydecke, Eva Pinter, Matthias Ritschl, Norbert Summer, Frederica Summereder, Daniel Wagner-Schönfeld, Nikodemus Wagner, Max Winter.
