
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.
10 movies · 3 TV shows, newest first

A Sad and Beautiful World
2026
Boiling Point
2023
Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
2023
To Keep Your Vital Organs Warm
2023
The Responder
2022
Costa Brava, Lebanon
2022
The President's Visit
2017
Lebanon Factory
2017
El Gran Libano
2017
Submarine
2016
Bahiya & Mahmoud
2011The Lebanon I Dream Of
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