Hasta La Motion!

Under the imminent threat of Lebanon’s 2015 garbage crisis, Hala, a wild child inside of a woman, is the only one to refuse evacuation, clinging to whatever remains of home. “Submarine” is this week’s Staff Pick Premiere! Read more about it here: vimeo.com/blog/post/submarine http://www.mouniaakl.com/ Official Selection at the: – 69th Cannes Film Festival, Cinefondation Category | World Premiere – 41st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), 2016 | North American Premiere – 13th Dubai International Film Festival 2016 | MENA Premiere – 30th South By Southwest Film Festival, 2017 – 61st Valladolid International Film Festival (SEMINCI), Spain 2016 – 24th Hamptons International Film Festival 2016 | US Premiere – 45th Festival Du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal, Canada 2016 – 38th Cinemed Film Festival, Montpellier, France 2016 – 48th Nashville Film Festival, USA 2017 – 41st Atlanta Film Festival, USA 2017 – 57th Krakow Film Festival, Poland 2017 – 27th New Orleans Film Festival, USA 2016 – 10th Kustendorf Film Festival, Serbia 2017 – 23rd Palm Springs International ShortFest, California USA 2017 – 39th Denver Film Festival, USA 2016 – 29th FilmFest Dresden, Germany 2017 – 2017 Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival, Michigan USA 2017 – 9th Arab Film Festival “Beirut Cinema Days ”, Lebanon 2017 | Local Premiere & 50+ international film festivals AWARDS: – Muhr Jury Prize at the 13th Dubai International Film Festival, 2016 – Liberty Global Award Best Film at the 39th Denver Film Festival – Honorable Mention at the 41st Atlanta Film Festival, USA 2017 – Honorable Mention at the FIFOG Film Festival, Switzerland 2017 – UFVA KODAK Scholarship Award, 2016 – Best Director/Audience Choice Award/ Jury Selects at the 29th Columbia University Film Festival 2016 – IFP Award 2016 – James Bridges Production Grant Credits: Written and Directed by Mounia Akl Produced by Cyril Aris and Jinane Chaaya Co-written with Clara Roquet Director of Photography – Joe Saade Production Designer – Issa Kandil Music Composer – Paul Tyan Coproducer – Andrew Li Production Manager – Sonia Habib 1rst Assistant Director – Nay Tabbara Art Director – Hanady Medlej, Tara Sakhi Wardrobe – Michella Bteiche Assistant Wardrobe – Line Itani Casting Director – Petra Serhal Assistant Casting Director – Ghina Abboud Sound Mixer – Rawad Hobeika Boom Operator – Jad Asmar & Elie Karam 1st AC – Jad Tannous Make-up and SFX – Elie Boudjok Sound Designer – Cedric Kayem Colorist – Belal Hibri Editors – George Sikharulidze and Mounia Akl Executive producer – Lynn Raphael, Lee Posalino, Candice Abela Mikati Associate Producer – Farid El Khalil, Selim Mouzannar, Amal Traboulsi, Hala Akl Questa