Special guest: Aryana Farshad, Writer/ Director / Producer

The Persian-born filmmaker began her higher education in Paris, majoring in French Literature at La Sorbonne, prior to receiving her degree from L’ Institut Des Hautes Etudes Cinematographiques in Film Production and Editing. She started work as a documentary editor in France, continuing in Iran, where she received the ABU Award for editing THE EMIGRANT BIRDS and worked with major award-winning Iranian and European filmmakers.
She is best known for her spiritual documentary film 'Mystic Iran, the Unseen World.'

12 - 1:30 pm at Olympic Collection. Tel: 213-272-3445.

Ms. Farshad moved to the United States and continued film studies at U.S.C. She joined the Editors Guild of America (I.A.T.S.E ) and worked in post-production at major studios, including MGM and Columbia Pictures, while developing her own projects.