Majid Majidi's 'Midday Meal' Wins Busan Film Festival's Top Prize

• Majid Majidi's 'Midday Meal' won the Best Film Award at the 31st Busan International Film Festival.
• The film, a contemporary parable about a rural schoolteacher, automatically qualifies for the Best International Feature category of the Oscars.
• Lee Yun Chan won the Best Director award for Taiwan, and Zhou Xun and Kashun Himeno won acting honors.
• Majid Majidi dedicated the award to the people of Iran.
• The film revolves around a school teacher in a parched badlands village making difficult moral choices to ensure his students receive a free lunch.