22nd New York Asian Film Festival

Jul 14-30, 2023

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North American Premiere

The Effects of Lying

Naveen’s day gets off to a bad start when he fights with his belligerent wife and then miserably fails to navigate his teenage daughter’s rebellious tantrums. Murphy’s Law quickly rears its ugly head as things get progressively worse in irreverently farcical fashion. His solipsistic brother and demented father soon join the fray and a multitude of crossed signals lead to slapstick-like shenanigans. As darkly ironic secrets are revealed, the whole family and a variety of interlopers find themselves on a tragicomic descent into chaos. With a smashing cast, the majority of whom just happen to be British Asian, The Effects of Lying cleverly milks the universal truisms of family dysfunction for both philosophical reflection and savage laughs galore.

Q&A moderated by Saleem Nasir Gondal

Director: Isher Sahota
Producer: Jon Tarcy
Screenwriter: James Hey
Cast: Ace Bhatti, Laila Rouass, Lauren Patel, Navin Chowdhry, Shaheen Khan, Bhasker Patel, Mark Williams, Adam Bregman, Deepal Parmar, Jon Tarcy
Languages: English
2023; 85 min.

SCHEDULE:

Tuesday July 18, 6:00pm
Film at Lincoln Center

Intro & Q&A with director Isher Sahota and producer Jon Tarcy.

Saleem Nasir Gondal (Moderator)

Saleem Nasir Gondal is a filmmaker based in New York. His work explores the power of conversation and sound to convey the interior lives of underrepresented communities onscreen. Saleem's work has been supported by The Black List, The National Board of Review, The Gotham, Pillars Fund, and MPAC Hollywood Bureau. He is currently in development on his debut feature TORTILLA ROTI, a drama about a Punjabi Mexican family that forms during the Great Depression. Saleem's short film SUPER SONIC has screened in five different countries. He has a BFA from NYU Tisch and MFA from Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema Brooklyn College.

Isher Sahota

Isher Sahota was selected for a coveted place on the BBC’s New Directors Scheme in 2016 and has directed numerous TV shows, including Father Brown for BBC Studios and Grace for ITV. His 2022 short film, Goodnight Henry, was supported by the BFI and won Best Comedy at Flickers Rhode Island. He is currently developing a slate of theatrical features and television shows.

Jon Tarcy

Jon is an actor and producer. His producing work includes TV pilot Life in Black starring Liam Neeson, as well as a number of short films, several of which were funded by the Hungarian Film Institute. He was previously an associate producer at Raindance Film Festival, having produced their monthly film club as well as a cross-collaboration with the British Council in Tunisia. He now has projects in development that were selected for Film London's New Talent Strand and Film Bazaar's co-production market. His most recent work as an actor was Outlander for Amazon Prime/STARZ, Atlanta for Disney, and FBI: International for CBS. He was selected for the BAFTA Connect scheme in 2022.