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Mounia Akl(I)

  • Director
  • Writer
  • Actress
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Venice film Festival 2021
Mounia Akl is a Lebanese director and writer based in London. She earned her MFA from Columbia University in New York, after studying Architecture in ALBA, Beirut and is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences®. Her debut feature, Costa Brava, Lebanon, inspired by her short Submarine (Cannes 2016), premiered at the 2021 Venice Film Festival, TIFF, and BFI London, winning the Audience Award. It was released in the US by Kino Lorber and later on Netflix. She developed the script through the Sundance Labs, Cannes Cinéfondation Residency, and Torino Film Lab. Her second feature film "Hold me if you want" is in development.

In TV, she has directed episodes of The Responder starring Martin Freeman, Boiling Point starring Stephen Graham, created by Adolescence's Phil Barantini, and House of Guinness with Netflix created by Stephen Knight. She is also developing her own TV series "Yes we do" set in Spain.
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      • 13 wins & 36 nominations total

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    Known for

    Costa Brava, Lebanon (2021)
    Costa Brava, Lebanon
    6.7
    • Director
    • 2021
    Submarine (2016)
    Submarine
    7.0
    Short
    • Director
    • 2016
    Anoesis (2011)
    Anoesis
    7.8
    Short
    • Director
    • 2011
    Beirut, I Love You (I Love You Not)
    8.0
    Short
    • Director
    • 2009

    Credits

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    Director



    • House of Guinness
      • Director (directed by)
      • Post-production
      • TV Series



    • Martin Freeman in The Responder (2022)
      The Responder
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2024
    • Stephen Graham, Vinette Robinson, Daniel Larkai, Stephen McMillan, Áine Rose Daly, Ray Panthaki, Gary Lamont, Hannah Walters, Shaun Fagan, Stephen Odubola, Hannah Traylen, and Izuka Hoyle in The Chef, la série (2023)
      The Chef, la série
      7.7
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2023
    • Costa Brava, Lebanon (2021)
      Costa Brava, Lebanon
      6.7
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Do Not Disturb (2019)
      Do Not Disturb
      5.4
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Neto Villalobos and Mounia Akl in El Gran Libano (2017)
      El Gran Libano
      4.7
      Short
      • co-director
      • 2017
    • Lebanon Factory (2017)
      Lebanon Factory
      8.0
      • Director
      • 2017
    • Submarine (2016)
      Submarine
      7.0
      Short
      • Director
      • 2016
    • Dóra Jóhannsdóttir in Eva (2014)
      Eva
      6.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Christine Choueiri and Wafa'a Celine Halawi in Christine (2014)
      Christine
      Short
      • Director
      • 2014
    • Beirut, I Love You (2011)
      Beirut, I Love You
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Director
      • 2011–2012
    • Anoesis (2011)
      Anoesis
      7.8
      Short
      • Director
      • 2011
    • Cheers, to Those Who Stay (2010)
      Cheers, to Those Who Stay
      7.1
      Short
      • Director
      • 2010
    • Beirut, I Love You (I Love You Not)
      8.0
      Short
      • Director
      • 2009

    Writer



    • Costa Brava, Lebanon (2021)
      Costa Brava, Lebanon
      6.7
      • written by
      • 2021
    • The President's Visit (2017)
      The President's Visit
      5.5
      Short
      • writer
      • 2017
    • Submarine (2016)
      Submarine
      7.0
      Short
      • writer
      • 2016
    • Dóra Jóhannsdóttir in Eva (2014)
      Eva
      6.8
      Short
      • writer
      • 2014
    • Between Curtains (2014)
      Between Curtains
      Short
      • writer
      • 2014
    • Christine Choueiri and Wafa'a Celine Halawi in Christine (2014)
      Christine
      Short
      • writer
      • 2014
    • Fasateen: Dresses
      TV Mini Series
      • Writer
      • 2012
    • Beirut, I Love You (2011)
      Beirut, I Love You
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Writer
      • 2011–2012
    • Anoesis (2011)
      Anoesis
      7.8
      Short
      • story
      • writer
      • 2011
    • Cheers, to Those Who Stay (2010)
      Cheers, to Those Who Stay
      7.1
      Short
      • written by
      • 2010
    • Beirut, I Love You (I Love You Not)
      8.0
      Short
      • written by
      • 2009

    Actress



    • It's a Sad and Beautiful World
      • Yasmina
      • Post-production



    • Martin Freeman in The Responder (2022)
      The Responder
      7.4
      TV Series
      • Intercom Lady
      • 2024
    • Raveling (2018)
      Raveling
      Short
      • Yasmin
      • 2018
    • The President's Visit (2017)
      The President's Visit
      5.5
      Short
      • Soraya
      • 2017
    • I Say Dust (2015)
      I Say Dust
      6.6
      Short
      • Moun
      • 2015
    • Nasri Sayegh and Mounia Akl in Siham (2013)
      Siham
      8.5
      Short
      • Julia
      • 2013
    • Coma White (2012)
      Coma White
      7.9
      Short
      • Female Nomad
      • 2012
    • Saudade (2012)
      Saudade
      Short
      • Leila
      • 2012
    • Beirut, I Love You (2011)
      Beirut, I Love You
      7.1
      TV Series
      • Yasmine Pelletier
      • 2011–2012
    • Anoesis (2011)
      Anoesis
      7.8
      Short
      • Alia
      • 2011
    • Bahiya & Mahmoud (2011)
      Bahiya & Mahmoud
      8.2
      Short
      • Girl in blue
      • 2011
    • Pyramid
      Short
      • 2010
    • Cheers, to Those Who Stay (2010)
      Cheers, to Those Who Stay
      7.1
      Short
      • Maissa
      • 2010
    • Beirut, I Love You (I Love You Not)
      8.0
      Short
      • Yasmine
      • 2009

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