Samuel Maoz's Lebanon wins Golden Lion award

The 66th Venice International Film Festival has announced the Golden Lion for best film was awarded to Lebanon by Samuel Maoz.

The release from the 66th Venice Film Festival announced Samule Maoz's film Lebanon was the winner of the Golden Lion wars for best film. Reuters reports the film was shot almost entirely inside a tank. The film's director Samuel Maoz was recreating his experiences as a young Israeli conscript during the 1982 war. Maoz wanted to portray the feelings of claustrophobia and fear he personally felt. Reuters quotes Maoz as saying during the ceremony, "I dedicate this award to the thousands of people all over the world who, like me, come back from war safe and sound.Apparently they are fine, they work, get married, have children. But inside, the memory will remain stabbed in their soul." Ang Lee who was this year's jury president and a two-time Golden Lion winner, speaking to reporters said: "We all come from different countries but we are happy that we are not inside that tank. It could be any tank and any war in the world, that's what is so precious about the film. "Although it's a narrow point of view, that of Israeli soldiers, the ripple is incredible."