Love Me is a 2024 American post-apocalyptic romance film written and directed by the Zucheros in their feature directorial debuts, starring Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun.
Sometime beyond AD 2500, long after humanity has been wiped out by an unknown extinction event, a weather buoy awakens and makes contact with a passing satellite, left in orbit to greet any lifeform that encounters Earth.
Using private browsing to hide the truth from the satellite, the buoy discovers its own origins as a smart device deployed in 2025, and comes across the social media channel of an influencer named Deja, with videos of her happy life with her husband, Liam.
Iam succeeds in manifesting a glass of water, and comes to terms with his creation: the result of NASA's final launch in 2027, he was made to circle Earth as humanity's tombstone until the planet is inevitably engulfed by the sun.
Me returns to the apartment to apologize, and is shocked to find Iam has created an environment indistinguishable from real life, including their avatars.
As the dying sun becomes a red giant, Me desperately recreates Deja and Liam's proposal, wedding, and child, but realizes Iam has seen her search history, leading to a confrontation about the truth of their relationship.
The website's critics consensus reads, "Kristen Stewart and Steven Yeun are appealing leads, but Love Me's admirable narrative reach exceeds its grasp.
Added Doron Weber, Vice President and Program Director of the Foundation—"We are delighted to honor Sam and Andy Zuchero's Love Me, an original and wildly imaginative film about the nature of human identity and our connection to each other in a post-human world mediated through artificial intelligence.