Mounia Akl

Mounia Akl


Lebanon

Biography

Mounia Akl studied Architecture at ALBA then completed an MFA in Film Directing at Columbia University. Her short film Submarine (2016) was screened at Cannes (Cinéfondation), SXSW, Toronto and Dubai Film Festivals, where she won the Muhr Jury Prize. She was part of the Lebanon Factory and co-directed the short film The Great Lebanon, which opened the Cannes Directors' Fortnight and was screened at the Sarajevo Film Festival and the BFI in London. Her first feature film Costa Brava, Lebanon was supported by the Cannes Cinéfondation Residence and the Torino and Sundance labs, premiering in Venice and Toronto. Akl also directs fashion and architecture films, as well as works on commissions for brands and TV fiction. She lives and works between Lebanon and New York.

Festival de Cine de Sevilla

Actor

Director

Movies
2021

Costa Brava, Lebanon

2017

Lebanon Factory

Series
2023

Boiling Point

 

Episode 4 (E04)

 

Episode 3 (E03)

Short
2017

El gran Líbano

2016

Submarine

2014

Christine

2011

Anoesis

Screenwriter

Movies
2021

Costa Brava, Lebanon

Short
2017

The President's Visit

2016

Submarine

2014

Christine

2011

Anoesis

Editor

Short
2017

The President's Visit

2011

Anoesis

Producer

Short
2011

Anoesis