This review of “Costa Brava, Lebanon” was first published July 14, 2022, before it opened in New York City. Mounia Akl’s debut feature film “Costa Brava, Lebanon” is valiant filmmaking. Using the ...

Lebanese multihyphenate Nadine Labaki’s most recent directorial effort, the Oscar-nominated “Capernaum,” shed light on Beirut’s desperation before her city was blasted last year by one of the biggest ...

An off-the-grid Lebanese family is trashed (literally) by the enduring misfortunes of their homeland in Monia Akl's fiction-feature debut. By Keith Uhlich Lebanese director Mounia Akl’s compelling, if ...

Kino Lorber has acquired North American rights to first-time Lebanese director Mounia Akl’s timely drama “Costa Brava, Lebanon,” which launched positively last year from Venice. “Costa Brava” provides ...

The Toronto International Film Festival, the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI) and the Network for the Promotion of Asia Pacific Cinema (NETPAC) have named their award winners for ...

Mounia Akl’s debut feature film “Costa Brava, Lebanon” is valiant filmmaking. Using the beauty of cinema to show the destruction of man’s cruelty to the environment is not just effective — it’s ...