In 2013 New Zealand director Jonathan King began filming Taylor 's original screenplay '' REALITi '' in Wellington , New Zealand . The film is a science fiction / noir set in the near future . Taylor has described it as a " talkie " and " a science fiction film with no special effects . " The cast of '' REALITi '' includes Nathan Meister , Michelle Langstone , Miranda Manasiadis , Graham McTavish , Tim Wong and Aroha White . The film premiered at the New Zealand International Film Festival and at Fantastic Fest . Harry Knowles reviewed the movie at Ai n't It Cool News : This is a deliberately paced mind bender ... A societal science fiction horror film . Now , it is n’t horror in the bogeyman sense , it ’s horror because the idea of chemicals that can reprogram your perception of reality toward a corporate or governmental agenda is not only terrifying , but ingested intelligence is something that some scientists and tech watchers are predicting as being something that will be in our world in very short order . We ’ve heard that the powers that be have figured out how to suppress and alter memories and this film plays with that disconcerting reality . Nathan Meister does a great job of being off center throughout the film . He ’s having colliding realities that are not discernable to his senses , but he ’s feeling things are slipping . He ’s trying to understand what happened to him , and navigating this bad trip is ... well , the fun of this film . The more you hang in there , the more you ’re rewarded . REALITi was nominated for five categories in the 2014 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards , including Best Screenplay
2014 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards
2014 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards
Chad Taylor (writer)