Winners and nominees
1990s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 (11th) | ||||
| Un Jour | Marie Paccou |  France | ||
| 1999 (12th) | ||||
| Welcome to San Salvario | Ben Venuto in San Salvario | Enrico Verra |  Italy | |
| The Difference | La Différence | Rita Küng |  Switzerland | |
| Senhoer Jeronimo | Inès de Medeiros |  Portugal | ||
| Vacancy | Matthias Müller |  Germany | ||
| Wanted | Milla Moilanen |  Finland | ||
2000s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 (13th) [1] | ||||
| Our stork | A mi gólyánk | Lívia Gyarmathy |  Hungary | |
| The Zone | De Zone | Ben van Lieshout |  Netherlands | |
| And I Will Not Leave You Until I Die | I Nie Opuszczę Cię aż do śmierci | Maciej Adamek |  Poland | |
| A Stone Left Unturned | Kovat miehet | Maarit Lalli | Finland | |
| Ferment | Tim MacMillan |  United Kingdom | ||
| 2001 (14th) [2] | ||||
| Je t'aime John Wayne | Toby MacDonald | United Kingdom | ||
| Sweden 200 | Svitjod 200 | Mårten Nilsson, David Flamholc |  Sweden | |
| The Heist | Kuppet | Frederik Meldal, Dennis Petersen |  Denmark | |
| The Basics | Lo Básico | José García Hérnandez |  Spain | |
| Peau de Vache | Gérald Hustache-Mathieu | France | ||
| I See A Boat in Sail | Å se en båt med seil | Anja Breien |  Norway | |
| Better or Worse? | Jocelyn Cammack | United Kingdom | ||
| Copy Shop | Virgil Widrich |  Austria | ||
| A Man Thing | Męska sprawa | Sławomir Fabicki | Poland | |
| The Whiz Kids | Freunde | Jan Krüger | Germany | |
| In Between | Corpo e meio | Sandro Aguilar | Portugal | |
| 2002 (15th) [3] | ||||
| 10 Minutes | 10 Minuta | Ahmed Imamović |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Muno | Bouli Lanners |  Belgium | ||
| News from L Project | Nouvelle de la Tour L | Samuel Benchetrit | France | |
| Part-Times | Mi-Temps | Mathias Gokalp | ||
| That Old Dream That Moves | Ce vieux rêve qui bouge | Alain Guiraudie | ||
| Relativity | Virginia Heath | United Kingdom | ||
| Wedding Night | Nuit de Noces | Olga Baillif | Belgium, France | |
| Brother of Mine | Bror Min | Jens Jonsson | Sweden | |
| The Reflector | Kuvastin | Tatu Pohjavirta | Finland | |
| Procter | Joachim Trier | Norway, United Kingdom | ||
| Lover of Pirates | Kalózok Szeretője | Zsófia Péterffy | Hungary | |
| 2003 (16th) [4] | ||||
| (A Torsion) | (A) Torzija | Stefan Arsenijević |  Serbia,  Slovenia | |
| La Chanson-Chanson | Xavier Diskeuve | Belgium | ||
| Mamaman | Iao Lethem | |||
| At Dawning | Martin Jones | United Kingdom | ||
| Save the Children | Redd Barna | Terje Rangnes | Norway | |
| An Embrace | Une Étreinte | Eskil Vogt | ||
| Your Native Country | Kraj Urodzenia | Jacek Bławut | Poland | |
| We Are Living on the Edge | My Zhivem Na Krai | Victor Asliuk |  Belarus | |
| The Wallet | Le Portefeuille | Vincent Bierrewaerts | France, Belgium | |
| Small Avalanches | Små Skred | Birgitte Staermose | Denmark | |
| The Trumouse Show | Julio Robledo | Spain | ||
| The Giant | Velikan | Alexander Kott |  Russia | |
| 2004 (17th) [5] | ||||
| I'll Wait for the Next One | J'attendrai le suivant | Philippe Orreindy | France | |
| "C" Block Story | Poveste La Scara "C" | Cristian Nemescu |  Romania | |
| Cigarettes and Coffee | Un Cartus De Kent Si Un Pachet De Cafea | Cristi Puiu | ||
| Other People's Kisses | Les Baisers des Autres | Carine Tardieu | France | |
| Fender Bender | Daniel Elliott |  Estonia | ||
| All in All | Alt I Alt | Torbjørn Skårild | Norway | |
| The Card Thieves | Panique Au Village: Les Voleurs Des Cartes | Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier | Belgium, France | |
| Love Me or Leave Me Alone | Duane Hopkins | United Kingdom | ||
| Me, Myself and the Universe | Ich Und Das Universum | Hajo Schomerus | Germany | |
| Goodbye | Steve Hudson | |||
| Cleopatra's Nose | La Nariz de Cleopatra | Richard Jordan | Spain | |
| At 7:35 in the Morning | 7:35 de la Mañana | Nacho Vigalondo | ||
| 2005 (18th) [6] [7] [8] | ||||
| Undressing My Mother | Ken Wardrop |  Ireland | ||
| Little Terrorist | Ashvin Kumar | United Kingdom | ||
| Rendezvous | Rendevú | Ferenc Cakó | Hungary | |
| Rain is Falling | Holger Ernst | Germany | ||
| Flatlife | Jonas Geirnaert | Belgium | ||
| Hi Maya | Hoi Maya | Claudia Lorenz | Switzerland | |
| Dust | Toz | Halit Fatih Kizilgok |  Turkey | |
| Bawke | Hisham Zaman | Norway | ||
| The Serpent | A Serpente | Sandro Aguilar | Portugal | |
| Autobiography Scene Number 6882 | Scen Nr. 6882 Ur Mitt Liv | Ruben Östlund | Sweden | |
| Paycheck | Prva Plata | Alen Drljević | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| Butterflies | Max Jacoby |  Luxembourg | ||
| Minotauromaquia, Pablo in the Labyrinth | Minotauromaquia, Pablo en el Laberinto | Juan Pablo Etcheverry | Spain | |
| 2006 (19th) [9] [10] [11] | ||||
| Before Dawn | Bálint Kenyeres | Hungary | ||
| Delivery | Till Nowak | Germany | ||
| Vincent | Giulio Ricciarelli | Italy | ||
| Zakaria | Gianluca De Serio, Massimiliano De Serio | |||
| Pistache | Valérie Pirson | France | ||
| For Intérieur | Patrick Poubel | |||
| By the Kiss | Yann Gonzalez | |||
| It's in the Air... | Comme un Air... | Yohann Gloaguen | ||
| Meander | Joke Liberge | Belgium | ||
| The Fence | El Cerco | Ricardo Íscar, Nacho Martín | Spain | |
| Sniffer | Bobbie Peers | Norway | ||
| Good Luck Nedim | Sretan Put Nedime | Marko Šantić | Slovenia | |
| The Making of the Parts | Daniel Elliott | United Kingdom | ||
| Never Like the First Time | Aldrig Som Första Gången | Jonas Odell | Sweden | |
| 2007 (20th) [12] [13] | ||||
| Alumbramiento | Lightborne | Eduardo Chapero-Jackson | Spain | |
| Adjustment | Ian Mackinnon | United Kingdom | ||
| Dad | Daniel Mulloy | |||
| Dreams and Desires - Family Ties | Joanna Quinn | |||
| Rotten Apple | Ralitza Petrova | |||
| Tokyo Jim | Simon Ellis | |||
| Soft | Jamie Rafn | |||
| Amin | David Dusa | France | ||
| Le Dîner | Cécile Vernant | |||
| Kwiz | Renaud Callebaut | Portugal | ||
| Plot Point | Nicolas Provost | Belgium | ||
| Salvador | Abdelatif Hwidar | Switzerland | ||
| Tommy | Ole Giæver | Norway | ||
| 2008 (21st) [14] | ||||
| Frankie | Darren Thornton | Ireland | ||
| Contact | Raak | Hanro Smitsman | Netherlands | |
| The Apology Line | James Lees | United Kingdom | ||
| Procrastination | Johnny Kelly | |||
| Joy | Joe Lawlor, Christine Molloy | |||
| The Pearce Sisters | Luis Cook | |||
| Time is Running Out | Marc Reisbig | |||
| A Kiss for the World | Un Bisou pour le Monde | Cyril Paris | France | |
| Fire | Uguns | Laila Pakalniņa |  Latvia | |
| 2 Birds | Smáfuglar | Rúnar Rúnarsson |  Iceland | |
| Love You More | Sam Taylor-Johnson | United Kingdom,  United States | ||
| Tolerance | Tolerantia | Ivan Ramadan | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| The Altruists | De onbaatzuchtige | Koen Dejaegher | Belgium | |
| With a Little Patience | Türelem | László Nemes | Hungary | |
| 2009 (22nd) [15] | ||||
| Poste restante | Marcel Łoziński | Poland | ||
| 14 | Asitha Ameresekere | United Kingdom | ||
| Peter in Radioland | Johanna Wagner | |||
| Between Dreams | Iris Olsson | France, Russia, Finland | ||
| Good Night | Valéry Rosier | Belgium, France | ||
| Renovare | Paul Negoescu | Germany, Romania | ||
| Swimming Lesson | Zwemles | Danny de Vent | Belgium | |
| Tile M for Murder | Lägg M för mord | Magnus Holmgren | Sweden | |
| Was bleibt | David Nawrath | Germany | ||
| Sinner | Meni Philip | |||
| The Suffering of Mr. Karpf - The Birthday | Die Leiden des Herrn Karpf - Der Geburtstag | Lola Randl | ||
| The Glass Trap | Pawel Ferdek | Poland | ||
2010s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 (23rd) [16] [17] | ||||
| Hanoi - Warsaw | Hanoi - Warszawa | Katarzyna Klimkiewicz | Poland | |
| Amor | Thomas Wangsmo | Norway | ||
| Lights | Ampelmann | Giulio Ricciarelli | Germany | |
| The External World | David OReilly | |||
| Joseph's Snails | Les escargots de Joseph | Sophie Roze | France | |
| Rendezvous in Stella-Plage | Rendez-vous à Stella-Plage | Shalimar Preuss | ||
| Blijf bij me, weg | Stay, Away | Paloma Aguilera Valdebenito | Netherlands | |
| Out of Love | Ønskebørn | Birgitte Stærmose | Denmark | |
| Venus VS Me | Nathalie Teirlinck | Belgium | ||
| The Little Snow Animal | Lumikko | Miia Tervo | Finland | |
| Tussilago | Jonas Odell | Sweden | ||
| Maria's Way | Anne Milne | United Kingdom, Spain | ||
| Talleres Clandestinos | Catalina Molina | Austria,  Argentina | ||
| Diarchy | Diarchia | Ferdinando Cito Filomarino | Italy, France | |
| Here I Am | Itt vagyok | Bálint Szimler | Hungary | |
| 2011 (24th) [18] | ||||
| The Wholly Family | Terry Gilliam | Italy | ||
| Berik | Daniel Joseph Borgman | Denmark | ||
| Little Children, Big Words | Små barn, stora ord | Lisa James-Larsson | Sweden | |
| Incident by a Bank | Händelse vid bank | Ruben Östlund | ||
| The Unliving | Återfödelsen | Hugo Lilja | ||
| Derby | Paul Negoescu | Romania | ||
| Jessi | Mariejosephin Schneider | Germany | ||
| The Wolves | I lupi | Alberto de Michele | Italy , Netherlands | |
| Silent River | Apele tac | Anca Miruna Lăzărescu | Germany , Romania | |
| Paparazzi | Piotr Bernaś | Poland | ||
| Frozen Stories | Opowieści z chłodni | Grzegorz Jaroszuk | ||
| The Great Race | La gran carrera | Kote Camacho | Spain | |
| Dimanches | Valéry Rosier | Belgium | ||
| Out | Tse | Roee Rosen |  Israel | |
| Hypercrisis | Josef Dabernig | Austria | ||
| 2012 (25th) [19] | ||||
| Superman, Spiderman or Batman | Tudor Giurgiu | Romania | ||
| The Back of Beyond | Michael Lennox | United Kingdom | ||
| Beast | Csicska | Attila Till | Hungary | |
| How to Pick Berries | Miten Marjoja Poimitaan | Elina Talvensaari | Finland | |
| In the Open | Im Freien | Albert Sackl | Austria | |
| Morning of Saint Anthony's Day | Manhã de Santo António | João Pedro Rodrigues | Portugal | |
| Objection VI | Einspruch VI | Rolando Colla | Switzerland | |
| The Ambassador and Me | L'Ambassadeur et Moi | Jan Czarlewski | ||
| Tomorrow Will Be Good | Demain, ça sera bien | Pauline Gay | France | |
| Two Ships | Vilaine fille mauvais garçon | Justine Triet | ||
| Out of Frame | Titloi telous | Yorgos Zois |  Greece | |
| Silent | Sessiz - Be Deng | L. Rezan Yeşilbaş | Turkey | |
| Two Hearts | Darren Thornton | Ireland | ||
| Villa Antropoff | Kaspar Jancis, Vladimir Leschiov | Latvia | ||
| 2013 (26th) [20] | ||||
| Death of a Shadow | Dood van een Schaduw | Tom Van Avermaet | Belgium, France | |
| A Story For The Modlins | Sergio Oksman | Spain | ||
| Mystery | Misterio | Chema García Ibarra | ||
| Butter Lamp | La Lampe au Beurre de Yak | Hu Wei | France,  China | |
| Cut | Christoph Girardet, Matthias Müller | Germany | ||
| Sunday 3 | Sonntag 3 | Jochen Kuhn | ||
| Houses with Small Windows | Bülent Öztürk | Belgium | ||
| Jump | Skok | Petar Valchanov, Kristina Grozeva |  Bulgaria | |
| Letter | Sergei Loznitsa | Russia | ||
| Zima | Cristina Picchi | |||
| Wasted | Sarah Woolner, Cathy Brady | Ireland, United Kingdom | ||
| Nuclear Waste | Yaderni Wydhody | Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy |  Ukraine | |
| Orbit Ever After | Jamie Stone | United Kingdom | ||
| The Waves | As Ondas | Miguel Fonseca | Portugal | |
| Though I Know the River is Dry | Omar Robert Hamilton |  Egypt,  Palestine, United Kingdom | ||
| 2014 (27th) [21] [22] | ||||
| The Chicken | Una Gunjak | Germany,  Croatia | ||
| Emergency Calls | Hätäkutsu | Hannes Vartiainen, Pekka Veikkolainen | Finland | |
| Shipwreck | Morgan Knibbe | Netherlands | ||
| A Town Called Panic: The Christmas Log | Panique au Village: La Bûche de Noël | Vincent Patar, Stéphane Aubier | Belgium, France | |
| Dinola | დინოლა | Mariam Khatchvani |  Georgia | |
| Summer 2014 | Lato 2014 | Wojciech Sobczyk | Poland | |
| Wall | Fal | Simon Szabó | Hungary | |
| Taprobana | Gabriel Abrantes | Portugal,  Sri Lanka, Denmark | ||
| Pride | Pavel Vesnakov | Bulgaria, Germany | ||
| The Chimera of M. | Sebastian Buerkner | United Kingdom | ||
| Little Block of Cement with Disheveled Hair Containing the Sea | Pequeño bloque de cemento con pelo alborotado conteniendo el mar | Jorge Lopez Navarette | Spain | |
| The Missing Scarf | Eoin Duffy | Ireland | ||
| Whale Valley | Hvalfjörður | Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson | Denmark, Iceland | |
| Daily Bread | פת לחם | Idan Hubel | Israel | |
| Still Got Lives | Ich hab noch Auferstehung | Jan-Gerrit Seyler | Germany | |
| 2015 (28th) [23] [24] | ||||
| Picnic | Piknik | Jure Pavlović | Croatia | |
| E.T.E.R.N.I.T. | Giovanni Aloi | France | ||
| Son of the Wolf | Fils du loup | Lola Quivoron | ||
| Field Study | Eva Weber | United Kingdom | ||
| Over | Jörn Threlfall | |||
| Kung Fury | David Sandberg | Sweden | ||
| Dissonance | Till Nowak | Germany | ||
| Symbolic Threats | Mischa Leinkauf, Lutz Henke & Matthias Wermke | |||
| Listen | Kuuntele | Hamy Ramezan & Rungano Nyoni | Denmark, Finland | |
| Our Body | Naše telo | Dane Komljen | Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina | |
| Smile, and the World Will Smile Back | Im tekhayekh, ha'Olam yekhayekh elekha | Yoav Gross, Ehab Tarabieh & the al-Haddad family | Israel, Palestine | |
| The Runner | El corredor | José Luis Montesinos | Spain | |
| The Translator | Çevirmen | Emre Kayiş | United Kingdom, Turkey | |
| This Place We Call Our Home | Thora Lorentzen & Sybilla Tuxen | Denmark | ||
| Washingtonia | Konstantina Kotzamani | Greece | ||
| 2016 (29th) [25] | ||||
| 9 days: From My Window in Aleppo | Thomas Vroege, Floor van der Meulen, Issa Touma | Netherlands,  Syria | ||
| The Wall | Le mur | Samuel Lampaert | Belgium | |
| Edmond | Nina Gantz | United Kingdom | ||
| The Goodbye | El adiós | Clara Roquet | Spain, United States | |
| 90 Degrees North | 90 Grad Nord | Detsky Graffam | Germany | |
| In the Distance | Florian Grolig | |||
| We All Love the Seashore | Tout le monde aime le bord de la mer | Keina Espiñeira | Spain | |
| A Man Returned | Mahdi Fleifel | United Kingdom, Denmark, Netherlands,  Lebanon | ||
| Small Talk | Even Hafnor, Lisa Brooke Hansen | Norway | ||
| I'm Not From Here | Yo no soy de aquí | Maite Alberdi, Giedrė Žickytė |  Chile, Denmark,  Lithuania | |
| Home | Daniel Mulloy |  Kosovo, United Kingdom,  Albania | ||
| The Fullness of Time (Romance) | L'immense retour | Manon Coubia | France, Belgium | |
| Limbo | Konstantina Kotzamani | Greece, France | ||
| Amalimbo | Juan Pablo Libossart | Sweden, Estonia | ||
| Shooting Star | Падаща звезда | Lyubo Yonchev | Bulgaria, Italy | |
| 2017 (30th) [26] | ||||
| Timecode | Juanjo Giménez | Spain | ||
| Coca-Loca | Christos Massalas | Greece | ||
| En la Boca | Matteo Gariglio | Switzerland, Argentina | ||
| Fight in a Swedish Beach!! | Simon Vahlne | Sweden | ||
| Information Skies | Daniel van der Velden, Vinca Kruk | Netherlands,  South Korea | ||
| LOVE | Réka Bucsi | Hungary, France | ||
| The Artificial Humors | Os Humores Artificiais | Gabriel Abrantes | Portugal | |
| The Circle | Hevêrk | Rûken Tekes | Turkey | |
| The Disinherited | Los Desheredados | Laura Ferrés | Spain | |
| The Party | Andrea Harkin | Ireland | ||
| Ugly | Nikita Diakur | Germany | ||
| Wannabe | Jannis Lenz | Austria | ||
| Written/Unwritter | Scris/Nescris | Adrian Silisteanu | Romania | |
| You Will Be Fine | Gros Chagrin | Céline Devaux | France | |
| Young Men at Their Window | Jeunes hommes à fenêtre | Loukianos Moshonas | ||
| 2018 (31st) [27] | ||||
| The Years | Gli Anni | Sara Fgaier | Italy, France | |
| Aquaparque | Ana Moreira | Portugal | ||
| Burkina Brandenberg Komplex | Ulu Braun | Germany | ||
| Kontener | Sebastian Lang | |||
| Graduation '97 | ВИПУСК '97 | Pavlo Ostrikov | Ukraine | |
| I Signed the Petition | Mahdi Fleifel | United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland | ||
| Kapitalistis | Pablo Muñoz Gómez | Belgium, France | ||
| Meryem | Reber Dosky | Netherlands | ||
| Prisoner of Society | სოციუმის პატიმარი | Rati Tsiteladze | Georgia, Latvia | |
| Release the Dogs | Lâchez les chiens | Manue Fleytoux | France, Belgium | |
| Shame | Cpam | Petar Krumov | Bulgaria | |
| The Escape | L'Èchappèe | Laëtitia Martinoni | France | |
| Those Who Desire | Los que desean | Elena López Riera | Switzerland, Spain | |
| What's the Damage | Heather Phillipson | United Kingdom | ||
| Wildebeest | Nicolas Keppens, Matthias Phlips | Belgium | ||
| 2019 (32nd) [28] | ||||
| The Christmas Gift | Cadoul de Crăciun | Bogdan Mureşanu | Romania, Spain | |
| Dogs Barking at Trees | Cães que ladram aos pássaros | Leonor Teles | Portugal | |
| Reconstruction | Rekonstrukce | Jiří Havlíček, Ondřej Novák |  Czech Republic | |
| The Marvelous Misadventures of the Stone Lady | Les Extraordinaires mésaventures de la jeune fille de pierre | Gabriel Abrantes | France, Portugal | |
| Watermelon Juice | Suc de Síndria | Irene Moray | Spain | |
2020s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production country | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 (33rd) | |||||
| All Cats Are Grey in the Dark | Nachts sind alle Katzen grau | Lasse Linder | Switzerland | [29] | |
| Genius Loci | Adrien Mérigeau | France | [30] | ||
| Past Perfect | Jorge Jácome | Portugal | |||
| Sun Dog | Dorian Jespers | Belgium, Russia | |||
| Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days | Tio Tomás, A Contabilidade dos dias | Regina Pessoa | Portugal,  Canada, France | ||
| 2021 (34th) | |||||
| My Uncle Tudor | Nanu Tudor | Olga Lucovnicova | Belgium / Portugal / Hungary /  Moldova | [31] | |
| Bella | Thelyia Petraki | Greece | |||
| Displaced | Pa vend | Samir Karahoda | Kosovo | ||
| Easter Eggs | Nicolas Keppens | Belgium / France / the Netherlands | |||
| In Flow of Words | Eliane Esther Bots | the Netherlands | |||
| 2022 (35th) | |||||
| Granny's Sexual Life | Babičino Seksualno Življenje | Urška Djukič, Émilie Pigeard | Slovenia / France | [32] | |
| Ice Merchants | João Gonzalez | Portugal / France / UK | [32] | ||
| Love, Dad | Milý tati | Diana Cam Van Nguyen | Czechia /  Slovakia | ||
| Techno, Mama | Saulius Baradinskas | Lithuania | |||
| Will My Parents Come to See Me | Mo Harawe | Austria / Germany /  Somalia | |||
| 2023 (36th) | |||||
| Hardly Working | Susanna Flock, Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner, Michael Stumpf | Austria | [33] | ||
| 27 | Flóra Anna Buda | Hungary | [34] | ||
| Aqueronte | Manuel Muñoz Rivas | Spain | |||
| Daydreaming So Vividly About Our Spanish Holidays | La herida luminosa | Christian Avilés | Spain | ||
| Flores del otro patio | Jorge Cadena |  Colombia / Switzerland | |||
| 2024 (34th) | |||||
| The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent | Čovjek koji nije mogao šutjeti | Nebojša Slijepčević | Bulgaria / Croatia / France / Slovenia | ||
| 2720 | Basil da Cunha | Portugal / Switzerland | |||
| Clamor | Salomé Da Souza | France | |||
| The Exploding Girl | La Fille Qui Explose | Caroline Poggi and Jonathan Vinel | France | ||
| Wander to Wonder | Nina Gantz | Belgium / France / Netherlands / United Kingdom | |||
