| You Don't Know Jack | Barry Levinson | United States |
| According to Greta | Nancy Bardawil | United States |
| Amelia | Mira Nair | United Kingdom, Canada, United States |
| Amreeka | Cherien Dabis | Canada, United States |
| Anjaneyulu | Parasuram | India |
| Bandhobi | Shin Dong-il | South Korea |
| Black-and-White Nights | Ayaz Salayev | Azerbaijan |
| Brecha | Iván Noel | Spain |
| City Island | Raymond De Felitta | United States |
| Dev.D | Anurag Kashyap | India |
| Don't Look Back | Marina de Van | France, Luxembourg, Italy |
| Gigola | Laure Charpentier | France |
| Happily Ever After | Wai-Chiu Chung, Ivy Kong | Hong Kong |
| Harragas | Merzak Allouache | France, Algeria |
| I Believe! | Lidia Bobrova | Russia |
| In the Electric Mist | Bertrand Tavernier | France, United States |
| Kyō Kara Hitman | Takeshi Yokoi | Japan |
| Luck by Chance | Zoya Akhtar | India |
| Meno male che ci sei | Luis Prieto | Italy |
| Northless | Rigoberto Perezcano | Mexico |
| Paju | Park Chan-ok | South Korea |
| Peranmai | S. P. Jananathan | India |
| Perfect Happiness | Jabi Elortegi | Spain |
| Polytechnique | Denis Villeneuve | Canada |
| Powder Blue | Timothy Linh Bui | United States |
| Queen to Play | Caroline Bottaro | France, Germany |
| Red Nights | Julien Carbon, Laurent Courtiaud | France, Hong Kong |
| Sarah's Choice | Chad Kapper | United States |
| Streets of Blood | Charles Winkler | United States |
| Tannöd | Bettina Oberli | Germany |
| The Double Hour | Giuseppe Capotondi | Italy |
| The Hush | Stefano Incerti | Italy |
| The Red Shadows | Francesco Maselli | Italy |
| The Vintner's Luck | Niki Caro | France, Belgium |
| The Wind Journeys | Ciro Guerra | Germany, Argentina, Netherlands, Colombia |
| Tony | Gerard Johnson | United Kingdom |
| Wake Up Sid | — | India |
| Women Without Men | Shoja Azari, Shirin Neshat | France, Germany, Austria, Iran |
| 1968 Tunnel Rats | Uwe Boll | Canada, United States |
| Ace of Hearts | David Mackay | Canada, United States |
| Awakening | Christian Tafdrup | Denmark |
| BABO | Kim Jung-kwon | South Korea |
| Bathory | Juraj Jakubisko | United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary |
| Burn | Paul Thomas | United States |
| Deception | Marcel Langenegger | United States |
| Diary of a Nymphomaniac | Christian Molina | France, Spain |
| Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do | Geon-hyang Kang | South Korea |
| Farewell Gulsary | Ardak Amirkulov | Kazakhstan |