An Italian film 'Mid-August Lunch' has won the 13th Annual Satyajit Ray Award at London film Festival.

The award is presented by Satyajit Ray foundation.

Previous winners of the Satyajit Ray Award include "California Dreamin" (Endless), "The Lives of Others", "Pavee Lakeen", "The Woodsman", "Someone like Hodder", "Rachida", "In The Bedroom", "Uneasy Riders", "Boys don't Cry" and "Smoke Signals".

The film tells the story of a middle aged man who looks after the elderly.

"Tulpan" won the Sutherland trophy given to a director for most original and imaginative feature film.

"A masterpiece both intimate and epic, a film full of life and ideas. An extraordinary feat of artistic endeavor in its depiction of man's interaction with nature. Tulpan has an exhilarating blend of humour, emotion and audacious visuals," the jury observed about the film directed by Sergey Dvortsevoy.