Chronesthesia

For his first feature film, writer/director Hayden J Weal (Dead) uses chronesthesia (aka mental time travel — the ability to think into the past and future) as fuel for a gentle romantic comedy. Weal plays a young Wellington barista whose routine is disrupted by mysterious messages, dreams and strangers — plus odd coincidences. The cast includes Hunt for the Wilderpeople’s Cohen Holloway, and Michelle Ny (Reservoir Hill). Titled Love and Time Travel outside of Aotearoa, Chronesthesia premiered on the Wellington programme of the 2016 NZ International Film Festival.