Aphra Taqizadeh

Aphra Taqizadeh (b. 1999, Esfahan) is a filmmaker and new media researcher at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne (KHM). He works across writing, directing, editing, and XR development. His projects engage with visual and spatial explorations of human cognition, using mediums such as mixed reality, virtual reality, film, installation, and performance.

Most recently, his XR project Speechless Witness of a Wandering Tree (2024) premiered at the 37th International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) and won the Virtual Reality Award at the 2025 Sheffield DocFest.