Mounia Akl

Born: 1989-06-29

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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Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

as uncredited
Released: 2023-07-03

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

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The President's Visit

as uncredited
Released: 2017-09-09

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

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