Reza Shirvan (b. 1999 in Mashhad) is an Iranian experimental filmmaker and visual artist based in Vienna. He first studied cinema at the Fine Arts High School in Mashhad and later started bachelor’s degree in dramatic literature at Pars University in Tehran, but left before finishing his degree in 2023 to avoid military service and emigrate to Austria. He has been making amateur films since 2014 about topics like the body, identity, family, and sexual disorders. Some of his works cannot be shown in Iran because they conflict with the laws of the Islamic Republic. Shirvan often uses techniques like split screens to tell stories in alternative ways, focusing on human relationships. He is also the founder of ZEDarte, an online visual magazine about alternative cinema, which will start in the summer of 2025.