Book 001 in the A24 Screenplay Collection, dedicated to Ex Machina (2015), the directorial debut of Alex Garland, starring Oscar Isaac, Domhnall Gleeson and Alicia Vikander — a science-fiction chamber piece about a programmer invited to administer the Turing test to an intelligent humanoid robot, winner of the 2016 Academy Award for Best Visual Effects and nominated for Best Original Screenplay. The book presents Garland's script with essays by queer theorist Jack Halberstam and AI researcher Murray Shanahan, concept art of the robot Ava by Jock, the film's full credits and the '24 Frames' section of director-selected stills. The first book in the collection, launched in September 2019 in a first edition of 2000 copies, offset printed in Europe on Munken and Garda paper. Published by A24, distributed through MACK.