Samuel Maoz Samuel Maoz Samuel Maoz (Hebrew: שמואל מעוז; born c. 1962) is an Israeli film director. His 2009 film, "Lebanon" won the Golden Lion at the 66th Venice International Film Festival. He also won the award for Best Screenplay for Lebanon at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards in 2010. Shmuel (Shmuel) Maoz was born in Tel Aviv. At the age of 20, he was a gunner in one of the first Israeli tanks to enter Lebanon in the 1982 Lebanon War. After the war, he trained as a cameraman at the Beit Zvi theater school, and did art direction in film
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