
Director
Mounia Akl
37 years · Lebanon · 8 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 8

A Sad and Beautiful World
2026 · Yasmina

Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
2023 · Actor

Costa Brava, Lebanon
2022 · Screenplay, Director

The President's Visit
2017 · Soraya

Lebanon Factory
2017 · Director

El Gran Libano
2017 · Director


Submarine
2016 · Director, Writer
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Bahiya & Mahmoud
2011 · Woman in Blue