Costa Brava, Lebanon

Costa Brava, Lebanon
Director
Mounia Akl
Country
Lebanon, France, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Qatar
Year
2021
Genre
Fiction
Scriptwriters
Mounia Akl, Clara Roquet
Cast
Nadine Labaki, Saleh Bakri, Nadia Charbel, Ceana Restom, Geana Restom, Liliane Chacar Khoury, Yumna Marwan
Production
Abbout Productions (Myriam Sassine, Georges Schoucair), Barentsfilm, Boo Pictures, Cinéma Defacto, Fox in the Snow Films, Gaïjïn, Lastor Media, Snowglobe, Participant

Storyline

The free-spirited Badri family have escaped the toxic pollution of Beirut by seeking refuge in the utopic mountain home they have built. But unexpectedly, a garbage landfill is built right outside their fence, bringing the trash and corruption of a whole country to their doorstep. As the trash rises, so do tensions between leaving or resisting, threatening their idyllic home and family unity.

Festivals & Academy awards and others

Venice Film Festival 2021
Orizzonti Extra
Toronto International Film Festival 2021
Contemporary World Cinema
BFI London Film Festival 2021
Audience Award
Seville European Film Festival 2021
Official Section
Grand Jury Prize (ex aequo)
Festival Internacional de Cinema d'Autor de Barcelona (D'A) 2022
Talents

Oscar 2022
Submitted to represent Lebanon at the Oscars as International feature film

Releases

Spain (27 of May 2022)