| Maharshi | Vamsi Paidipally | India |
| The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind | Chiwetel Ejiofor | United Kingdom |
| The Depths | Ariane Louis-Seize | Canada |
| The House of Us | Yoon Ga-eun | South Korea |
| Thunderstorm | Grigori Konstantinopolsky | Russia |
| To My River | — | South Korea |
| #SquadGoals | — | United States |
| Adulthood | — | South Korea |
| Amateur | Ryan Koo | United States |
| Beautiful Days | Jero Yun | South Korea |
| Clean Up | — | South Korea |
| Cooking Camp | Ifa Isfansyah | Indonesia |
| Ek Je Chhilo Raja | Srijit Mukherji | India |
| Evening Shadows | Sridhar Rangayan | India |
| Fatwa | Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud | Tunisia |
| Greet | — | South Korea |
| Greta | Neil Jordan | Ireland, United States |
| Hello Dayoung | — | South Korea |
| Hotel Mumbai | Anthony Maras | United States, Australia, India |
| Indivisible | David G. Evans | United States |
| Jam | Sabu | Japan, Germany |
| Jules of Light and Dark | — | United States |
| Little Tickles | Andréa Bescond, Éric Métayer | France |
| Mowgli: Legend of the Jungle | Andy Serkis | United Kingdom, United States |
| Namaste England | Vipul Amrutlal Shah | India |
| Nancy | Christina Choe | United States |
| Our Body | Han Ka-ram | South Korea |
| Paper Flags | Nathan Ambrosioni | France |
| Portugal | Lauri Lagle | Estonia |
| Stand by me | — | South Korea |
| Take It or Leave It | Liina Triškina-Vanhatalo | Estonia |
| Temporary Difficulties | Mikhail Raskhodnikov | Russia |
| The Hate U Give | George Tillman, Jr. | United States |
| The Land of Steady Habits | Nicole Holofcener | United States |
| The White Crow | Ralph Fiennes | France, United Kingdom, Serbia |
| Treat Me Like Fire | Marie Monge | France |
| Al Desierto | Ulises Rosell | Argentina |
| Black Snow | Martín Hodara | Argentina |
| Borg McEnroe | Janus Metz Pedersen | Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden, Denmark |
| Crimea | Aleksey Pimanov | Russia |
| Crooked House | Gilles Paquet-Brenner | United Kingdom |
| Die Freibadclique | Friedemann Fromm | Germany, Czech Republic |
| Equilibrium | Vincenzo Marra | Italy |
| Last Flag Flying | Richard Linklater | United States |
| Let the Sunshine In | Claire Denis | France |
| Looking for Oum Kulthum | Shirin Neshat | Morocco, Germany, Italy, Austria |
| Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts | Mouly Surya | Indonesia |
| Mothers | Lee Dong-eun | South Korea |