Behzad Nalbandi was born in 1972 in Tehran, Iran. He studied cinema at the Tehran Film School and is a graphic artist and documentary filmmaker. Among the documentaries have directed are Kashkoul (2010), The Morning of the 9th Day (2012), television series Iranshahr, and Peru (2016). He spent five years preparing to make his debut feature The Unseen, which he also edited, after learning about the detention centres through a friend of his sister. For this film he received his first APSA nomination for Best Animated Feature Film.
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and emerging. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
