Mounia Akl – Long Biography

Mounia Akl is a Lebanese director/writer living between London and New York where she obtained her MFA from Columbia University and recently became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences®. 

Her first feature film, Costa Brava Lebanon, based on her short film Submarine (Cannes 2016), premiered in 2021 at the Venice Film Festival, TIFF and BFI London Film Festival where it won the Audience Award. It was released in the US by Kino Lorber and then on Netflix. With this script, Mounia attended the Sundance Labs, the Cannes Cinefondation Residency, and the Torino Film Lab. 

Apart from teaching in the US, Mounia is currently developing her next feature film set in the US, a TV show set in Spain, and directing TV (Boiling Point, The Responder). 

Reps:

UK Agent: Independent Talent — Alex Rusher and Olivia Gray

USA Manager: Grandview

France commercial Rep: WOMANRAY