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
68th Venice International Film Festival by Whit Stillman. The international juries of the 68th Venice International Film Festival were composed as follows: Main competition (Venezia 68) Horizons (Orizzonti) Controcampo Italiano Opera Prima (Venice Award for a Debut Film) The following films were selected to compete for the Golden Lion: The following films were shown out of competition: The following films were selected for the Horizons (Orizzonti) section: The following films, representing "new trends in Italian cinema", were screened in this section: In competition Out of competition The following films were screened for this section: The following films were screened as part of the Venice Days