Selection
| ‡ | Indicates New Currents winners |
| † | Indicates Special Mention winner |
1990s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Rain Clouds over Wushan ‡ | 巫山云雨 | Zhang Ming | China |
| Accidental Legend | 飛天 | Wang Shaudi | Taiwan | |
| Ah-Chung | 忠仔 | Chang Tso-chi | Taiwan | |
| All Usual in the Village | Xiaocun wu gushi | Yu Xiangyuan | China | |
| Common Plight | Dard-e moshtarak | Yassamin Maleknasr | Iran | |
| Dark Night of the Soul | Anantha Rathriya | Prasanna Vithanage | Sri Lanka | |
| Mee Pok Man | Eric Khoo | Singapore | ||
| Nineteenth April | উনিশে এপ্রিল | Rituparno Ghosh | India | |
| Okaeri | おかえり | Makoto Shinozaki | Japan | |
| Three Friends | 세친구 | Yim Soon-rye | South Korea | |
| Time Lasts | 시간은 오래 지속된다 | Kim Eung-soo | South Korea | |
| The White Balloon | بادکنک سفید | Jafar Panahi | Iran | |
| Yuri | 유리 | Yang Yun-ho | South Korea | |
| 1997 | Motel Cactus‡ | 모텔 선인장 | Park Ki-yong | South Korea |
| After the Crescent | 月未老 | Chang Wai Chung | Hong Kong | |
| Falling Up Waking Down | Arthur Chyu | Taiwan | ||
| Fiction | Kahini | Malay Bhattacharya | India | |
| Fun Bar Karaoke | ฝัน บ้า คาราโอเกะ | Pen-ek Ratanaruang | Thailand | |
| Green Fish | 초록물고기 | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea | |
| Just Another Day | いつものように | Satoshi Kenmochi | Japan | |
| Made in Hong Kong | 香港製造 | Fruit Chan | Hong Kong | |
| My Secret Cache | ひみつの花園 | Shinobu Yaguchi | Japan | |
| Paper Airplanes | Mooshak e Kaghazi | Farhad Mehranfar | Iran | |
| Wind Echoing in My Being | 내 안에 우는 바람 | Jeon Soo-il | South Korea | |
| 1998 | Xiao Wu ‡ | 小武 | Jia Zhangke | China |
| After Life | ワンダフルライフ | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan | |
| Fly Low | 하우등 | Kim Si-un | South Korea | |
| Girls' Night Out | 처녀들의 저녁식사 | Im Sang-soo | South Korea | |
| Ikinai | 生きない | Hiroshi Shimizu | Japan | |
| The Making of Steel | 长大成人 | Lu Xuechang | China | |
| Paradise Sea | 楽園 | Koji Hagiuda | Japan | |
| Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 | 一個字頭的誕生 | Wai Ka-fai | Hong Kong | |
| The Tree of Life | Derakht-e-jan | Farhad Mehranfar | Iran | |
| The Weight of Cotton | Rui Ka Bojh | Subhash Agrawal | India | |
| Who Is Running? | ท้าฟ้าลิขิต | Oxide Pang | Thailand | |
| Yellow Flower | 둘 하나 섹스 | Lee Ji-sung | South Korea | |
| 1999 | Timeless Melody‡ | タイムレスメロディ | Hiroshi Okuhara | Japan |
| Autumn Blossoms | あつもの | Shunsaku Ikehata | Japan | |
| The Bird Who Stops in the Air | 새는 폐곡선을 그린다 | Jeon Soo-il | South Korea | |
| Black Hole | 구멍 | Kim Kuk-hyeong | South Korea | |
| The Cup | ཕོར་པ། | Khyentse Norbu | Bhutan, Australia | |
| Love Will Tear Us Apart | 天上人間 | Yu Lik-wai | Hong Kong, China | |
| Men and Women | 男男女女 | Liu Bingjian | China | |
| O-Negative | รัก-ออกแบบไม่ได้ | Pinyu Roothum | Thailand | |
| The Outcast | Padadaya | Linton Semage | Sri Lanka | |
| Postcard | 明信片 | Cheng Wen-tang | Taiwan | |
| Sri | Marselli Sumarno | Indonesia | ||
| Throne of Death | Marana Simhasanam | Murali Nair | India | |
2000s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Day I Became a Woman ‡ | روزی که زن شدم | Marzieh Meshkini | Iran, Italy |
| Die Bad | 죽거나 혹은 나쁘거나 | Ryoo Seung-wan | South Korea | |
| Djomeh | جمعه | Hassan Yektapanah | Iran | |
| Father | 冤家父子 | Wang Shuo | China | |
| Fluffy Rhapsody | 起毛球了 | Wu Mi-sen | Taiwan | |
| Hidden Whisper | 小百无禁忌 | Vivian Chang | Taiwan | |
| Interview | 인터뷰 | Daniel H. Byun | South Korea | |
| Not Forgotten | 忘れられぬ人々 | Makoto Shinozaki | Japan | |
| The Paper | 纸 | Ding Jiancheng | China | |
| Pomildong Blues | Kim Hee-jin | South Korea | ||
| Sunflower | ひまわり | Isao Yukisada | Japan | |
| Twelve Nights | 十二夜 | Lam Oi-Wah | Hong Kong | |
| 2001 | Flower Island ‡ | 꽃섬 | Song Il-gon | South Korea |
| Blue Spring | 青い春 | Toshiaki Toyoda | Japan | |
| Conjugation | 动词变位 | Emily Tang | Hong Kong | |
| Dejavu | Biju Viswanath | India | ||
| A Drowning Man | 溺れる人 | Naoki Ichio | Japan | |
| Going By | از کنار هم میگذریم | Iraj Karimi | Iran | |
| Maya | Digvijay Singh | India | ||
| Seafood | 海鲜 | Zhu Wen | China | |
| Take Care of My Cat | 고양이를 부탁해 | Jeong Jae-eun | South Korea | |
| The Unfinished Song | Qateh-ye natamam | Maziar Miri | Iran | |
| Whispering Sands | Pasir Berbisik | Nan T. Achnas | Indonesia | |
| 2002 | Jealousy Is My Middle Name ‡ | 질투는 나의 힘 | Park Chan-ok | South Korea |
| The Rite... A Passion ‡ | Thilaadanam | K. N. T. Sastry | India | |
| Ardor | 밀애 | Byun Young-joo | South Korea | |
| Border Line | Lee Sang-il | Japan | ||
| Brave 20 | 鹹豆漿 | Wang Ming Tai | Taiwan | |
| Eliana, Eliana | Riri Riza | Indonesia | ||
| The Missing Gun | 寻枪 | Lu Chuan | China | |
| Too Young to Die | 죽어도 좋아 | Park Jin-pyo | South Korea | |
| The Trigger | 扣板机 | Alex Yang | Taiwan | |
| Woman of Water | 水の女 | Hidenori Sugimori | Japan | |
| Women's Prison | زندان زنان | Manijeh Hekmat | Iran | |
| 2003 | The Missing‡ | 不見 | Lee Kang-sheng | Taiwan |
| Tiny Snowflakes‡ | Danehaye rize barf | Alireza Amini | Iran | |
| 15 | Royston Tan | Singapore | ||
| An Estranged Paradise | 陌生天堂 | Yang Fudong | China | |
| Dancing in the Dust | رقص در غبار | Asghar Farhadi | Iran | |
| The Floating Landscape | 戀之風景 | Carol Lai | Hong Kong | |
| Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women | मातृभूमि | Manish Jha | India | |
| One Night Husband | คืนไร้เงา | Pimpaka Towira | Thailand | |
| The Only Sons | 山清水秀 | Xiao'er Gan | China | |
| Osama | اُسامه | Siddiq Barmak | Afghanistan, Iran | |
| River | リバー | Takayuki Suzui | Japan | |
| The Road Taken | 선택 | Hong Ki-seon | South Korea | |
| Uniform | 制服 | Diao Yinan | China | |
| 2004 | This Charming Girl ‡ | 여자, 정혜 | Lee Yoon-ki | South Korea |
| Sanctuary† | Yuhang Ho | Malaysia | ||
| The Cat of Hollywood | Chun-Yue Lam | Hong Kong | ||
| Dogs & Cats | 犬猫 | Nami Iguchi | Japan | |
| Holiday Dreaming | 梦游夏威夷 | Fu-chun Hsu | Taiwan | |
| The Killing | Danav | Makarand Deshpande | India | |
| My Generation | 마이 제너레이션 | Noh Dong-seok | South Korea | |
| The Rainmaker | Impian Kemarau | Ravi Bharwani | Indonesia | |
| So Cute | 귀여워 | Kim Soo-hyun | South Korea | |
| Soap Opera | Wuershan | China | ||
| Survive Style 5+ | Gen Sekiguchi | Japan | ||
| Waiting Alone | 独自等待 | Dayyan Eng | China | |
| 2005 | Grain in Ear ‡ | 芒种 | Zhang Lü | China, South Korea |
| The Silent Holy Stones † | 静静的嘛呢石 | Wanma Caidan | China | |
| Big River | ビッグ・リバー | Atsushi Funahashi | Japan | |
| One Summer with You | 与你同在的夏天 | Xie Dongshen | Hong Kong | |
| The Peter Pan Formula | 피터팬의 공식 | Cho Chang-ho | South Korea | |
| Poet of the Wastes | شاعر زبالهها | Mohammad Ahmadi | Iran, Japan | |
| Reaching Silence | Nisshabd | Jahar Kanungo | India, France | |
| The Shoe Fairy | 人鱼朵朵 | Robin Lee | Taiwan, Hong Kong | |
| Ssunday Seoul | 썬데이 서울 | Park Sung-hun | South Korea | |
| The Unforgiven | 용서받지 못한 자 | Yoon Jong-bin | South Korea | |
| Writing on the Earth | Yadasht Bar Zamin | Ali Mohammad Ghasemi | Iran | |
| 2006 | Betelnut‡ | 槟榔 | Yang Heng | China |
| Love Conquers All ‡ | Tan Chui Mui | Malaysia | ||
| Distance | Yuanli | Wei Tie | China | |
| Driving with My Wife's Lover | 아내의 애인을 만나다 | Kim Tai-sik | South Korea | |
| Eternal Summer | 盛夏光年 | Leste Chen | Taiwan | |
| Just Like Before | Tulad ng Dati | Mike Sandejas | Philippines | |
| Luxury Car | 江城夏日 | Wang Chao | China, France | |
| The Railroad | 경의선 | Park Heung-sik | South Korea | |
| The Summer of Stickleback | ハリヨの夏 | Mayu Nakamura | Japan | |
| The White Silk Dress | Áo Lụa Hà Đông | Lưu Huỳnh | Vietnam | |
| Wool 100% | ウール100% | Mai Tominaga | Japan | |
| 2007 | Life Track‡ | Gwedo | Jin Guanghao | China, South Korea |
| Flower in the Pocket ‡ | 口袋裏的花 | Liew Seng Tat | Malaysia | |
| Wonderful Town ‡ | เมืองเหงาซ่อนรัก | Aditya Assarat | Thailand | |
| Asyl: Park and Love Hotel | パーク アンド ラブホテル | Izuru Kumasaka | Japan | |
| A Bao A Qu | Naoki Sato | Japan | ||
| Endless Night | Jianlin Pan | China | ||
| God Man Dog | 流浪神狗人 | Singing Chen | Taiwan | |
| Milky Way Liberation Front | 은하해방전선 | Yoon Seong-ho | South Korea | |
| My Song Is... | 나의 노래는 | Ahn Seul-gi | South Korea | |
| The Red Awn | 红色康拜因 | Cai Shangjun | China | |
| Tribe | Tribu | Jim Meer Libiran | Philippines | |
| 2008 | Land of Scarecrows‡ | Gwedo | Roh Gyeong-tae | South Korea, France |
| Naked of Defenses‡ | 無防備 | Masahide Ichii | Japan | |
| Er Dong † | 二冬 | Yang Jin | China | |
| Members of the Funeral† | 장례식의 멤버 | Baek Seung-bin | South Korea | |
| 100 | Chris Martinez | Philippines | ||
| Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly | Babi Buta yang Ingin Terbang | Edwin | Indonesia | |
| Empty Chair | صندلی خالی | Saman Estereki | Iran | |
| Jalainur | Zha lai nuo er | Zhao Ye | China | |
| A Light in the Fog | Cheraghi dar meh | Panahbarkhoda Rezaee | Iran | |
| A Moment in June | ณ ขณะรัก | O. Nathapon | Thailand | |
| Ocean of an Old Man | Rajesh Shera | India | ||
| The Pot | 독 | Kim Tae-gon | South Korea | |
| Routine Holiday | 黄金周 | Li Hongqi | China | |
| Turmoil | Аурелен | Sabit Kurmanbekov, Kanymbek Kassymbekov | Kazakhstan | |
| 2009 | Kick Off‡ | شوێنێک بۆ یاری | Shawkat Amin Korki | Iraq |
| I'm in Trouble!‡ | 나는 곤경에 처했다! | So Sang-min | South Korea | |
| Squalor† | Astig | G.B. Sampedro | Philippines | |
| Dead Slowly | 慢性中毒 | Rita Hui | Hong Kong | |
| Lan | 我们天上见 | Jiang Wenli | China | |
| Lost Paradise in Tokyo | ロストパラダイス・イン・トーキョー | Kazuya Shiraishi | Japan | |
| A Man Who Ate His Cherries | Mardi ke gilass hayash ra khord | Payman Haghani | Iran | |
| Mundane History | เจ้านกกระจอก | Anocha Suwichakornpong | Thailand | |
| My Daughter | 理发店的女儿 | Charlotte Lim | Malaysia | |
| Paju | 파주 | Park Chan-ok | South Korea | |
| True Noon | Qiyami roz | Nosir Saidov | Tajikistan | |
| Vihir | Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni | India | ||
2010s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | The Journals of Musan ‡ | 무산일기 | Park Jung-bum | South Korea |
| Bleak Night ‡ | 파수꾼 | Yoon Sung-hyun | South Korea | |
| Ashamed | 창피해 | Kim Soo-hyeon | South Korea | |
| Eternity | ที่รัก | Sivaroj Kongsakul | Thailand | |
| The Floating Lives | Cánh đồng bất tận | Quang Binh Nguyen Phan | Vietnam, Singapore | |
| Lover's Discourse | 恋人絮语 | Derek Tsang, Jimmy Wan | Hong Kong, China | |
| Memories in March | Sanjoy Nag | India | ||
| My Spectacular Theatre | 盲人电影院 | Lu Yang | China | |
| The Old Donkey | 老驢頭 | Li Ruijun | China | |
| The Quarter of Scarecrows | Garaqi daholakan | Hassan-Ali Mahmoud | Iraq | |
| Sampaguita, National Flower | Francis Xavier Eusebio Pasion | Philippines | ||
| Strawberry Cliff | 贖命 | Chris Chow | Hong Kong, China, United States, France | |
| Ways of the Sea | Halaw | Sheron Dayoc | Philippines | |
| 2011 | Mourning‡ | Soog | Morteza Farshbaf | Iran |
| Niño‡ | Loy Arcenas | Philippines | ||
| August Drizzle | නිකිණි වැස්ස | Aruna Jayawardana | Sri Lanka | |
| Choked | 가시 | Kim Joong-hyun | South Korea | |
| Damn Life | ダムライフ | Hitoshi Kitagawa | Japan | |
| Here...or There? | Do Hay Day | Siu Pham | Vietnam, Switzerland | |
| I Carried You Home | ปาดังเบซาร์ | Tongpong Chantarangku | Thailand | |
| Lost in Mountain | 空山軼 | Gao Zipeng | China | |
| The Mirror Never Lies | Laut Bercermin | Kamila Andini | Indonesia | |
| The Passion of a Man Called Choe Che-u | 동학, 수운 최제우 | Stanley Park | South Korea | |
| Return to Burma | Midi Z | Myanmar, Taiwan | ||
| Starry Starry Night | 星空 | Tom Lin Shu-yu | Taiwan, China, Hong Kong | |
| Watch Indian Circus | Dekh Indian Circus | Mangesh Hadawale | India | |
| 2012 | 36‡ | Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit | Thailand | |
| Kayan‡ | Maryam Najafi | Lebanon, Canada | ||
| Filmistaan † | Nitin Kakkar | India | ||
| About 111 Girls | درباره ی ۱۱۱ دختر | Nahid Ghobadi, Bijan Zmanpira | Iraq | |
| Apparition | Aparisyon | Isabel Sandoval [lower-alpha 1] | Philippines | |
| Fatal | 가시꽃 | Lee Don-ku | South Korea | |
| Together | 甜.秘密 | Hsu Chao-jen | Taiwan | |
| The Town of Whales | くじらのまち | Keiko Tsuruoka | Japan | |
| Touch of the Light | 逆光飛翔 | Chang Jung-chi | Taiwan, Hong Kong, China | |
| Your Time Is Up | 누구나 제 명에 죽고 싶다 | Kim Seung-hyun | South Korea | |
| 2013 | Pascha‡ | 파스카 | Ahn Seon-kyoung | South Korea |
| Remote Control‡ | Алсын Удирдлага | Byamba Sakhya | Mongolia, Germany | |
| Transit † | Hannah Espia | Philippines | ||
| 10 Minutes | 10분 | Lee Yong-seung | South Korea | |
| Again | ゆるせない、逢いたい | Junichi Kanai | Japan | |
| Concrete Clouds | ภวังค์รัก | Lee Chatametikool | Thailand | |
| The Isthmus | ที่ว่างระหว่างสมุทร | Sopawan Boonnimitra, Peerachai Kerdsint | Thailand | |
| Sarikend | Mehdi Parizad | Iran | ||
| Steel Cold Winter | 소녀 | Choi Jin-sung | South Korea | |
| The Story of an Old Woman | История одной старушки | Alexey Gorlov | Kazakhstan | |
| Toilet Blues | Dirmawan Hatta | Indonesia | ||
| Water | Jal | Girish Malik | India | |
| 2014 | End of Winter ‡ | 철원기행 | Kim Dae-hwan | South Korea |
| 13† | ۱۳ | Houman Seyyedi | Iran | |
| (Sex) Appeal | 寒蟬效應 | Wang Wei-ming | Taiwan | |
| Don't Say That Word | ガンバレとかうるせえ | Takuma Sato | Japan | |
| The Face of the Ash | Shakhwan Idrees | Iraq | ||
| Ghadi | غدي | Amin Dora | Lebanon, Qatar | |
| Jalal's Story | জালালের গল্প | Abu Shahed Emon | Bangladesh | |
| Mariquina | Milo Sogueco | Philippines | ||
| Nezha | 少女哪吒 | Li Xiaofeng | China | |
| Sunrise | Partho Sen-Gupta | India, France | ||
| We Will Be OK | 그들이 죽었다 | Baek Jae-ho | South Korea | |
| What's the Time in Your World? | در دنیای تو ساعت چند است؟ | Safi Yazdanian | Iran | |
| 2015 | Immortal ‡ | ممیرو | Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh | Iran |
| Walnut Tree ‡ | Zhangak tal | Yerlan Nurmukhambetov | Kazakhstan | |
| Black Horse Memories | خاطرات اسب سیاه | Shahram Alidi | Iran, Turkey | |
| Communication & Lies | 소통과 거짓말 | Lee Seung-won | South Korea | |
| Go Home | Jihane Chouaib | Lebanon, France, Switzerland, Belgium | ||
| Night and Fog in Zona | 천당의 밤과 안개 | Jung Sung-il | South Korea | |
| Radio Set | Radiopetti | Hari Viswanath | India | |
| West North West | 西北西 | Takuro Nakamura | Japan | |
| 2016 | The Donor‡ | 捐赠者 | Zang Xichuan | China |
| Knife in the Clear Water‡ | 清水里的刀子 | Xuebo Wang | China | |
| Parting † | رفتن | Navid Mahmoudi | Iran, Afghanistan | |
| A Billion Colour Story | Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy | India | ||
| Burning Birds | දැවෙන විහඟුන් | Sanjeewa Pushpakumara | Sri Lanka, France, Netherlands, Qatar | |
| Her Mother | HER MOTHER 娘を殺した死刑囚との対話 | Yoshinori Sato | Japan | |
| In Between Seasons | 환절기 | Lee Dong-eun | South Korea | |
| Lady of the Lake | Loktak Lairembee | Haobam Paban Kumar | India | |
| Merry Christmas Mr. Mo | 메리 크리스마스 미스터 모 | Lim Dae-hyung | South Korea | |
| Someone to Talk to | 一句顶一万句 | Liu Yulin | China, Hong Kong | |
| White Ant | 白蟻─慾望謎網 | Chu Hsien-che | ||
| 2017 | After My Death ‡ | 죄 많은 소녀 | Kim Ui-seok | South Korea |
| Blockage ‡ | سد معبر | Mohsen Gharaei | Iran | |
| Ajji | Devashish Makhija | India | ||
| Ashwatthama | Pushpendra Singh | India, South Korea | ||
| End of Summer | 西小河的夏天 | Zhou Quan | China | |
| How to Breathe Underwater | 물속에서 숨 쉬는 법 | Ko Hyun-seok | South Korea | |
| Last Child | 살아남은 아이 | Shin Dong-seok | South Korea | |
| The Last Verse | 最後的詩句 | Ying-Ting Tseng | Taiwan | |
| One Night on the Wharf | 在码头 | Han Dong | China | |
| Somewhere Beyond the Mist | 藍天白雲 | Cheung King-wai | Hong Kong, China | |
| 2018 | Clean Up‡ | 호흡 | Kwon Man-ki | South Korea |
| Savage‡ | 雪暴 | Cui Si Wei | China | |
| Aurora | Bekzat Pirmatov | Kyrgyzstan | ||
| Gold Carrier | حمال طلا | Touraj Aslani | Iran | |
| His Lost Name | 夜明け | Nanako Hirose | Japan | |
| House of Hummingbird | 벌새 | Kim Bora | South Korea | |
| House of My Fathers | නොමියෙන මතකය | Suba Sivakumaran | Sri Lanka | |
| The Red Phallus | Tashi Gyeltshen | Bhutan | ||
| Second Life | 선희와 슬기 | Park Young-ju | South Korea | |
| Vanishing Days | 漫游 | Zhu Xin | China | |
| 2019 | Ròm ‡ | Tran Thanh Huy | Vietnam | |
| Haifa Street‡ | شارع حيفا | Mohanad Hayal | Iraq | |
| Among the Hills | در میان تپهها | Mohammadreza Keivanfar | Iran | |
| Boluomi | 菠蘿蜜 | Kek Huat Lau, Vera Chen | Taiwan | |
| Diapason | شب اول 18 سالگی | Hamed Tehrani | Iran | |
| The Education | 에듀케이션 | Kim Duk-joong | South Korea | |
| John Denver Trending | Arden Rod Condez | Philippines | ||
| Just Like That | Aise Hee | Kislay Kislay | India | |
| Lucky Monster | 럭키 몬스터 | Bong Joon-young | South Korea | |
| My Identity | 神様のいるところ | Sae Suzuki | Japan | |
| An Old Lady | 69세 | Lim Sun-ae | South Korea | |
| Over the Sea | 少年与海 | Aoqian Sun | China | |
| A Road to Spring | 通往春天的列车 | Li Ji | China | |
| Running to the Sky | Жөө Күлүк | Mirlan Abdykalykov | Kyrgyzstan | |
2020s
| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | A Balance‡ | 由宇子の天秤 | Yujiro Harumoto | Japan |
| Three ‡ | Tpu | Ruslan Pak | Kazakhstan, South Korea, Uzbekistan | |
| Bilesuvar | Elvin Adigozel | Azerbaijan, France | ||
| Butterfly on a Windowpane | ऐना झ्यालको पुतली | Sujit Bidari | Nepal | |
| Chnchik | Aram Shahbazyan | Armenia, Germany, Netherlands | ||
| Harami | हरामी | Shyam Madiraju | India, United States | |
| A Leave | 휴가 | Lee Ran-hee | South Korea | |
| Money Has Four Legs | ခြေလေးချောင် | Maung Sun | Myanmar | |
| Snowball | 최선의 삶 | Lee Woo-jung | South Korea | |
| Summer Blur | 汉南夏日 | Han Shuai | China | |
| 2021 | Farewell, My Hometown‡ | 再见，乐园 | Wang Er Zhuo | China |
| The Apartment with Two Women‡ | 같은 속옷을 입는 두 여자 | Kim Se-in | South Korea | |
| The Absent Director | در نبود کارگردان | Arvand Dashtaray | Iran | |
| Asteroid | سیارک | Mehdi Hosseinivand Aalipour | Iran | |
| House of Time | কালকোকখো | Rajdeep Paul, Sarmistha Maiti | India | |
| Memoryland | Miền ký ức | Kim Quy Bui | Vietnam, Germany | |
| Missing | さがす | Shinzo Katayama | Japan | |
| Pedro | Natesh Hedge | India | ||
| Photocopier | Penyalin Cahaya | Wregas Bhanuteja | Indonesia | |
| Red Pomegranate | қызыл анар | Sharipa Urazbayeva | Kazakhstan | |
| Seire | 세이레 | Kang Park | South Korea | |
| 2022 | A Wild Roomer‡ | 괴인 | Lee Jeong-hong | South Korea |
| Shivamma‡ | Jaishankar Aryar | India | ||
| Ajoomma | 아줌마 | He Shuming | Singapore, South Korea | |
| Blue Again | บลู อะเกน | Thapanee Loosuwan | Thailand | |
| Long Live Hell | 지옥만세 | Im Oh-jeong | South Korea | |
| Memento Mori: Earth | Memento Mori: Đất | Marcus Mạnh Cường Vũ | Vietnam | |
| No End | Bi payan | Nader Saeivar | Iran | |
| A Place of Silence | Sam Quah | Malaysia | ||
| A Thousand and One Nights | 千夜、一夜 | Nao Kubota | Japan | |
| The Winter Within | Maagh | Aamir Bashir | India | |
| 2023 | ||||
| The Wrestler‡ | Iqbal Chowdhury | Bangladesh | ||
| September 1923 ‡ | 福田村事件 | Tatsuya Mori | Japan | |
| After a Fever | Akira Yamamoto | Japan | ||
| Borrowed Time | Choi Ji | China | ||
| Heritage | 부모 바보 | Lee Jong-soo | South Korea | |
| Now, Oasis | Chia Chee Sum | Malaysia | ||
| Solids by the Seashore | ทะเลของฉันมีคลื่นเล็กน้อยถึงปานกลาง | Patiparn Boontarig | Thailand | |
| Spark | Rajesh Zala | India | ||
| Stranger | Agantuk | Biplop Sarkar | Bangladesh | |
| That Summer Lie | 그 여름날의 거짓말 | Son Hyeon-rok | South Korea | |
| 2024 | ||||
| Able | Elzak Eskendir | Kazakhstan | ||
| As the River Goes By | Charles Hu | China | ||
| For Rana | Iman Yazadi | Iran | ||
| The Height of the Coconut Trees | Du Jie | Japan | ||
| Kaneko’s Commissar | Furukawa Go | Japan | ||
| The Land of Morning Calm | 아침바다 갈매기는 | Park Yi-woong | South Korea | |
| Ma – Cry of Silence | The Maw Nang | Myanmar, Korea, Singapore, France, Norway, Qatar | ||
| Montages of a Modern Motherhood | Oliver Siu, Kuen Chan | Hong Kong | ||
| Tale of the Land | Loeloe Hendra | Indonesia, Philippines, Qatar | ||
| Waterdrop | 수연의 선율 | Choi Jong-yong | South Korea | |
