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
62nd Venice International Film Festival retrospective on some lesser known sides of Italian Cinema that started on the 61st edition of the festival.. The following feature films were selected to be screened as "In Competition" for the 20th Venice International Film Critics’ Week: The following films were selected for the 2nd edition of Venice Days (Giornate Degli Autori) autonomous section: The following Official Awards were conferred at the 62nd edition: 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