Costa Brava, Lebanon
Directed by Mounia Akl
Lebanon/France/Sweden/Denmark/Norway/Spain 2021
Arabic, 106 min
The Badri family lives in isolation in Lebanon’s mountains. When the government inaugurates a landfill outside their fence, everything they escaped catches up with them.
COSTA BRAVA, LEBANON is the acclaimed debut feature of rising talent Mounia Akl, whose Award-winning short film SUBMARINE (2016) was selected in Cannes and Toronto. The project won Malmö Arab Film Festival's Feature development Award, as well as development grants at Sundance, Cannes Cinefondation, Torino Film Lab etc.
PREMIERE VENICE FILM FESTIVAL 2021 (Orizzonti Extra)
LEBANON OSCAR ENTRY 2022
Over 12 major international awards, including: NETPAC Award, Toronto 2021; Audience Award, BFI London Film Festival 2021; FIPRESCI Award, El Gouna Film Festival; Critics Award and Best Music Award, Cinemed Film Festival Montpellier 2021
"A stellar near future family drama" [A] - Andrew Crump, Playlist
"A terrific debut" - Wendy Ide, Screen Daily
"A heartfelt charmer" - Jessica Kiang, Variety
"An elegant political allegory" - Wendy Ide, Screen Daily
DIRECTOR
Mounia Akl
SCRIPTWRITERS
Mounia Akl, Clara Roquet
PRODUCERS
Myriam Sassine, Georges Schoucair, Olivier Guerpillon, Katrin Pors, Sophie Erbs, Sergi Moreno
CINEMATOGRAPHY
Joe Saade
MUSIC
Nathan Larson
EDITING
Cyril Aris
MAIN CAST
Nadine Labaki, Saleh Bakri
PRODUCED BY
Abbout Productions (Myriam Sassine, Georges Schoucair), Lebanon, fox in the snow (Olivier Guerpillon), Sweden, Snowglobe (Katrin Pors), Denmark, Cinema Defacto (Sophie Erbs), France, Barentsfilm (Ingrid Høgtun), Norway, Lastor Media (Sergi Moreno), Spain
in co-production with Film I Skåne
in collaboration with Participant and Endeavour Content
WITH SUPPORT FROM
Swedish Film Institute, Danish Film Institute, Sørfond, Centre National de la Cinématographie (CNC) etc
SWEDISH DISTRIBUTION
Folkets Bio
WORLD SALES
MK2 Films
PREMIERE
Venice Film Festival 2021 (Orizzonti Extra)
AWARDS
NETPAC Award, Toronto 2021; Audience Award, BFI London Film Festival 2021; FIPRESCI Award, El Gouna Film Festival; Critics Award and Best Music Award, Cinemed Film Festival Montpellier 2021, Reflet d'Or for Best Film, Geneve Film Festival 2021, Grand Jury Prize, Seville Film Festival 2021
THEATRICAL RELEASES
Sweden: Jan 21, 2022 (Folkets Bio)
Switzerland: Feb 2, 2022 (Trigon-Film)
TBC
Listen to the soundtrack on Spotify
