| The Butterfly | Maxim Neafit Bujnicki | — |
| The Company You Keep | Robert Redford | United States |
| The Forger | Lawrence Roeck | United States |
| The Last of the Romantics | — | Morocco |
| The Man Who Laughs | Jean-Pierre Améris | France, Czech Republic |
| The Mule | Gabriela Tagliavini | United States |
| The Pirogue | Moussa Touré | Senegal, France |
| The Repentant | Merzak Allouache | France, Algeria |
| Tuneega Tuneega | M. S. Raju | India |
| Un giorno speciale | Francesca Comencini | Italy |
| Unit 7 | Alberto Rodríguez Librero | Spain |
| A Happy Event | Rémi Bezançon | France, Belgium |
| A Little Bit of Heaven | Nicole Kassell | United States |
| Come Rain, Come Shine | Lee Yun-ki | South Korea |
| Dum Maaro Dum | Rohan Sippy | India |
| Ikaw Ang Pag-ibig | Marilou Diaz-Abaya | Philippines |
| Indian Rupee | Ranjith | India |
| Journey to Portugal | Sérgio Tréfaut | Brazil, Portugal |
| Kathmandu Lullaby | Icíar Bollaín | Spain |
| Le Havre | Aki Kaurismäki | France, Germany, Finland |
| Life Without Principle | Johnnie To | Hong Kong |
| Mesnak | Yves Sioui Durand | Canada |
| Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge | Nupur Asthana | India |
| My Grandfather's People | Çağan Irmak | Turkey |
| Nuit 1 | Anne Émond | Canada |
| October Baby | Andrew Erwin, Jon Erwin | United States |
| Our Idiot Brother | Jesse Peretz | United States |
| Pacemaker | Dal-Joong Kim | South Korea |
| Portrait of a Call Girl | Graham Travis | United States |
| Red Dog | Kriv Stenders | Australia |
| Rose | Wojciech Smarzowski | Poland |
| Singham | Rohit Shetty | India |
| Sleeping Beauty | Julia Leigh | Australia |
| Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You | Roberto Faenza | United States, Italy |
| Stella Days | Thaddeus O'Sullivan | Norway, Ireland |
| Tatanka | Giuseppe Gagliardi | Italy |
| The Beaver | Jodie Foster | United States |
| The Double | Michael Brandt | United States |
| The First Man | Gianni Amelio | France, Algeria, Italy |
| The Intouchables | Éric Toledano, Olivier Nakache | France |
| The Jewel | Andrea Molaioli | Italy |
| The Resident | Antti Jokinen | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Showdown | Park Hoon-jung | South Korea |
| The Snows of Kilimanjaro | Robert Guédiguian | France |
| The Woman in the Fifth | Paweł Pawlikowski | France, United Kingdom, Poland |
| Tomboy | Céline Sciamma | France |
| Two & Two | Babak Anvari | Iran |
| Varg Veum – I mørket er alle ulver grå | Alexander Eik | Norway |