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Aryana Farshad is a writer, director, and film producer born in Tehran, Iran.[1][2]
Known for her documentary films on spirituality and mysticism, Farshad is an international film maker. She has been commissioned to make several films for different non-profit foundations in US, Iran, London, Turkey and India. Fluent in English, French & Persian, Farshad is the recipient of "Audience Favorite Award", "Telly Award", and "Davey Award". In addition, she received the ABU Award for editing a documentary film entitled "Immigrant Birds". Farshad is a still photographer and her work was exhibited at LACMA, and Einsen Gallery. Previously, Farshad worked at COLUMBIA and MGM.
Currently, Farshad lectures at major universities, museums, and various non-profit organizations. She has lectured at: The British Museum of Arts, LA County Museum of Arts, UC Berkeley, Stanford University, Fes Sacred Music Festival in Morocco, Parliament of the World Religions in Barcelona, and the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago. For her latest project "Longing for the Soul; A Quest for Rumi", she received a "Bijan & Soraya" Grant. Filmed entirely in US, Iran, Turkey & Afghanistan.
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- ^ "Aryana Farshad". Eclectic Woman. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008.