Movies: Mounia Akl

  • 2022
    Costa Brava, Lebanon

    Costa Brava, Lebanon (2022)

    Costa Brava, Lebanon

    6.42022HD

    Members of a family quit the polluted, rubbish-strewn city of Beirut for an idyllic mountain home. However, their dreams of a utopian existence are shattered by the construction of a landfill on the boundary of their land....

    Costa Brava, Lebanon
  • 2023
    Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

    Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano (2023)

    Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano

    62023HD

    On August 4th, 2020, the catastrophic explosion at the port of Beirut leaves a large part of the Lebanese capital in ruins. In the midst of the chaos, a troubled film crew face an overwhelming decision: to continue the production of their movie or ab...

    Dancing on the Edge of a Volcano
  • 2016
    Submarine

    Submarine (2016)

    Submarine

    52016HD

    Under the imminent threat of Lebanon's garbage crisis, Hala, a wild child inside of a woman, is the only one to refuse evacuation, clinging to whatever remains of home....

    Submarine
  • 2017
    El Gran Libano

    El Gran Libano (2017)

    El Gran Libano

    02017HD

    When hungover Bassem wakes up by the lake shore among dead fish, his sister Youmna, whom he hasn't seen for 12 years, is there with a coffin....

    El Gran Libano
  • 2017
    The President's Visit

    The President's Visit (2017)

    The President's Visit

    42017HD

    When a small coastal town of fishermen learns about the secret visit of the President of the Republic to its local soap shop, they embark in an everlasting struggle at cleaning up and maintaining the perfect image of their town....

    The President's Visit
  • 2017
    Lebanon Factory

    Lebanon Factory (2017)

    Lebanon Factory

    6.22017HD

    A portmanteau feature that is an often laugh-out-loud portrait of Lebanon and all its myriad charms and idiosyncrasies....

    Lebanon Factory
  • 1969
    It's a Sad and Beautiful World

    It's a Sad and Beautiful World (1969)

    It's a Sad and Beautiful World

    01969HD

    In this cosmic romance set in Beirut, two star-crossed lovers, one an eternal optimist and the other an impulsive pragmatist, must decide if they want to build a family and chart a track to happiness, despite the tragic fates ravaging contemporary Le...

    It's a Sad and Beautiful World