• Melted

Assimilated and accepted, Peter (Afshin) is finally in with the popular kids at a private school. But when a fresh-off-the-boat Iranian joins their hangout for a potential drug deal, he feels threatened and is driven to face the person behind the mask he's built to survive.

Technical details

Narrative Short - Australia - 19 minutes 25 seconds - English (With subtitles)

Cast and Credits

Director - Erfan Behzadnia

Writer - Erfan Behzadnia

Producer - Jeremy Teh

Producer - Sally Long

Producer - Delilah Yu

DOP - Ivan Zhang

LVFF 2026 Award Nominations

Best Narrative Short

Screening Details:

narrative shorts. April 22nd 2026. 12:00pm-6:00pm. Venue to be announced.

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Director biography

- Erfan Behzadnia

Erfan is a traveling chameleon, shaped by a life in motion. From childhood, he crossed borders like seasons, shifting lands so often that “home” became a memory more than a place. He learned to wear the masks that made others comfortable until the world stood still. In the quiet chaos of COVID, with dread at his heels and shadows in his mind, he faced the fractured reflections of himself.

Now, he chases stories that whisper beneath the noise: those tender, hidden things we all feel but rarely name. For him, storytelling is more than craft; it is compass, catharsis, and confession. Stories are the anchor that we need in this ever psychotic existence that we call living.