Lebanon (2009 film) date. Maoz says many Israeli figures were against "Lebanon" even being featured at the Venice International Film Festival. The Venice jury was chaired by Ang Lee, who had won the Golden Lion award in Venice in 2005 with "Brokeback Mountain" and in 2007 with "Lust, Caution". "Lebanon" competed against 24 other entries. The win in Venice caused a boost in the film's popularity at the Toronto International Film Festival. "The New York Times" described "Lebanon" as "an astonishing piece of cinema". "Variety" magazine said "Lebanon" is "the boldest and best" of recent Israeli films based upon the Lebanon wars. Lebanon
64th Venice International Film Festival Film Festival. The following feature films were selected to be screened as "In Competition" for the 22nd Venice International Film Critics’ Week: The following films were selected for the 4th edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section: The following Official Awards were conferred at the 64th edition: In Competition ("Venezia 64") Special Awards Horizons awards (Premi Orizzonti) Short Film awards (Corto Cortissimo Lion) The following official and collateral awards were conferred to films of the autonomous sections: Venice International Film Critics' Week Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) The following collateral awards were conferred to films of the official