| Little Secrets | Pol Cruchten | Luxembourg, Austria |
| Mercenary for Justice | Don E. FauntLeRoy | South Africa, United States |
| Rome Rather Than You | Tariq Teguia | France, Germany, Algeria, Netherlands |
| Salvatore, This Is Life | Gian Paolo Cugno | Italy |
| Secret Journey | Roberto Andò | Italy |
| Seraphim Falls | David Von Ancken | United States |
| Stephen King's Desperation | — | United States |
| Summer '04 | Stefan Krohmer | Germany |
| Tazza: The High Rollers | Choi Dong-hun | South Korea |
| The Butterfly Effect 2 | John R. Leonetti | United States |
| The Good German | Steven Soderbergh | United States |
| The Hawk Is Dying | Julian Goldberger | United States |
| The International | Sırrı Süreyya Önder | Turkey |
| The Inugamis | Kon Ichikawa | Japan |
| The Science of Sleep | Michel Gondry | France, Italy |
| The Sentinel | Clark Johnson | United States |
| The Silly Age | Pavel Giroud | Cuba |
| Thicker than Water | Árni Ólafur Ásgeirsson | Germany, Iceland, Denmark |
| Tomorrow Morning | Oleg Novković | Serbia |
| Turkse chick | Lodewijk Crijns | Netherlands |
| Vitus | Fredi M. Murer | Switzerland |
| Waist Deep | Vondie Curtis-Hall | United States |
| An Unfinished Life | Lasse Hallström | United States |
| Antarctic Journal | Yim Pil-sung | South Korea |
| D | Vishram Sawant | India |
| Derailed | Mikael Håfström | United States |
| Don't Come Knocking | Wim Wenders | France, Germany, United States |
| Erkak | Yusuf Roziqov | Uzbekistan |
| Ettariq Asahih | Abdelkrim Mohammed Derkaoui | Morocco |
| How Much Do You Love Me? | Bertrand Blier | France, Italy |
| I giorni dell'abbandono | Roberto Faenza | Italy |
| Kamataki | Claude Gagnon | Canada, Japan |
| L'orizzonte degli eventi | Daniele Vicari | Italy |
| Lonesome Jim | Steve Buscemi | United States |
| Mother of Mine | Klaus Härö | Finland, Sweden |
| Never Again as Before | Giacomo Campiotti | Italy |
| Non aver paura | Angelo Longoni | Italy |
| Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide | Marco Tullio Giordana | France, United Kingdom, Italy |
| Path | Ruben Kochar | United States, Armenia |
| Pretty Persuasion | Marcos Siega | United States |
| Shopgirl | Anand Tucker | United States |
| Someone Else's Happiness | Fien Troch | Belgium, Netherlands |
| Take Your Life | Sabine Michel | Germany |
| Texas | Fausto Paravidino | Italy |
| The Beast in the Heart | Cristina Comencini | France, Italy |
| The Gospel | Rob Hardy | United States |
| The Notorious Bettie Page | Mary Harron | United States |
| The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | Jane Anderson | United States |