Afterwards, she worked as an editor on several films, including Bull’s Horn (Kianoosh Avari, 1995), Rahban (Reza Sobhani, 1999) and The Eight Thirty Train (Behzad Khodaveisi, 2000).

The primary credits include Hussein Jafarian (cinematographer), Sepideh Abdolvahab (editor), Jila Mehrjooee (sets and costumes), Behrooz Moavenian (sound), Fardin Khalatbari (music) and Jahangir Kossari (producer).

[12] Mona Zandi put together a book called You Were so Kind!, a collection of children’s letters and drawings based on the 2003 earthquake in Bam, Iran.

[13] According to Iranica Online, the earthquake had “the highest casualty rate and the most profound social impact in the recorded post-1900 history of devastating urban earthquakes in Iran.”[14] Mona Zandi won the Crystal Simorgh Special Jury Prize for On a Friday Afternoon in February 2006 at the 24th Fajr International Film Festival in Tehran, Iran.

[citation needed] On a Friday Afternoon also received the Silver Alexander Special Jury award at the 47th Thessaloniki International Film Festival in November of 2006.