In addition, she received the ABU Award for editing a documentary film entitled "Immigrant Birds".

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.

She moved to Paris and studied French language and literature at The Sorbonne, prior to receiving her degree from the Institut Des Hautes Etudes Cinematographiques in film production and editing.

"PSA Poetry group will have a screening of the much anticipated documentary by Aryana Farshad called "Mystic Iran, The Unseen World"