Mounia Akl

Mounia Akl

Actor · Director · Writer

Lebanon
June 29, 1989

Biography

Mounia Akl is a Lebanese Director and Writer living between Beirut and New York. Mounia holds a bachelor’s degree in Architecture from ALBA, Lebanon and an MFA in Directing from Columbia University, New York. Apart from her Directing work, Mounia has taught film Directing at the Northwestern University, Chicago and taught a screenwriting Lab at Columbia University where she also was the TA of Richard Peña. Costa Brava, Lebanon (2021) is her first feature film.

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Representative Works

Lebanon Factory
Lebanon Factory
6.2
/ Arabic
A Sad and Beautiful World
A Sad and Beautiful World
7.5
/ Arabic
Submarine
Submarine
5.0
/ Arabic
El Gran Libano
El Gran Libano
No Rating Yet
/ Arabic
To Keep Your Vital Organs Warm
To Keep Your Vital Organs Warm
No Rating Yet
/ English
The President's Visit
The President's Visit
4.0
/ Arabic
Bahiya & Mahmoud
Bahiya & Mahmoud
10.0
/ Arabic
Costa Brava, Lebanon
Costa Brava, Lebanon
6.6
/ Arabic
Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
6.0
/ Arabic
The Lebanon I Dream Of
The Lebanon I Dream Of
No Rating Yet
/ English

Awards and Honors

Critical Favorites

Lebanon Factory
2017Nominee

Best Director

Lebanon Factory

A Sad and Beautiful World
2026Winner

Best Performance

A Sad and Beautiful World

Submarine
2016Nominee

Best Writing

Submarine

Career Highlights

El Gran Libano
2017Highlight

Best Director

El Gran Libano

To Keep Your Vital Organs Warm
2023Highlight

Best Writing

To Keep Your Vital Organs Warm

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