| Chopin, a Sonata in Paris | Michał Kwieciński | Poland |
| Two Pianos | Arnaud Desplechin | France |
| Karmele | Asier Altuna | Spain |
| No Other Choice | Park Chan-wook | South Korea |
| Rose of Nevada | Mark Jenkin | United Kingdom |
| H Is for Hawk | Philippa Lowthorpe | United Kingdom |
| Hamnet | Chloé Zhao | United Kingdom, United States |
| Strange River | Jaume Claret Muxart | Germany, Spain |
| Arabia Kadali | — | India |
| Quando Se É Jovem | — | Brazil |
| Asphalt City | Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire | United States |
| Enzo | Robin Campillo | France, Belgium, Italy |
| Queen of Coal | Agustina Macri | Spain, Argentina |
| The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire | Madeleine Hunt–Ehrlich | United States |
| Bro | Filip Špinka | Czech Republic |
| Karate Kid: Legends | Jonathan Entwistle | People's Republic of China, Canada, United States |
| Above the Dust | Wang Xiaoshuai | People's Republic of China |
| Yadang: The Snitch | Hwang Byeong-guk | South Korea |
| Raptures | Jon Blåhed | Finland, Sweden |
| The Alto Knights | Barry Levinson | United States |
| Bird | Andrea Arnold | France, United Kingdom, Germany, United States |
| Mickey 17 | Bong Joon-ho | United States, South Korea |
| The Goldsmith's Secret | Olga Osorio | Spain |
| The Unbreakable Boy | Jon Gunn | United States, India |
| Gangstas | Adil El Arbi, Bilall Fallah | Belgium |
| The Ice Tower | Lucile Hadžihalilović | France, Germany, Italy |
| Ne Zha 2 | Jiaozi | People's Republic of China |
| Sauna | Mathias Broe | Denmark |
| The Return | Uberto Pasolini | France, United Kingdom, Italy, Greece |
| Jimpa | Sophie Hyde | Australia |
| Team Havnaa | Bård Breien | Norway, Czech Republic, Slovakia |
| Mufasa: The Lion King | Barry Jenkins | United States |
| Papa | Philip Yung | Hong Kong |
| Naples to New York | Gabriele Salvatores | Italy |
| Best Christmas Pageant Ever | Dallas Jenkins | United States |
| Shepherds | Sophie Deraspe | France, Canada |
| Joker: Folie à Deux | Todd Phillips | United States |
| Sons | Gustav Möller | Denmark |
| The Wild Robot | Chris Sanders | United States |
| Undercover | Arantxa Echevarría | Spain |
| Sex | Dag Johan Haugerud | Norway |
| Megalopolis | Francis Ford Coppola | United States |
| Så länge hjärtat slår | Ella Lemhagen | Sweden |
| Birth | Bree Mills | Canada |
| The Last Romantics | David Pérez Sañudo | Spain |
| Nova & Alice | Emma Bucht | Sweden |
| A Beautiful Imperfection | Michiel van Erp | Belgium, Italy, Netherlands |
| Under the Volcano | Damian Kocur | Poland |