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
