Mounia Akl

Mounia Akl

Birthday: 1989-06-29

Place of Birth: Lebanon

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.

Movies

Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

On August 4th, 2020, the catastrophic explosion at the port of Beirut leaves a large part of the Leb...

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The President's Visit
The President's Visit

When a small coastal town of fishermen learns about the secret visit of the President of the Republi...

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A Sad and Beautiful World
A Sad and Beautiful World

In this sweeping love story that spans three decades of passion, heartbreak, and hope, Nino and Yasm...

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Bahiya & Mahmoud
Bahiya & Mahmoud

Aging couple Bahiya and Mahmoud have fallen into a reliable routine of bickering and making one anot...

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