| Knives Out | Rian Johnson | United States |
| Penoza: The Final Chapter | Diederik van Rooijen | Netherlands |
| Man and a Junior | Tiina Lymi | Finland |
| Ford v Ferrari | James Mangold | France, United States |
| I'll Be Home for Christmas | Ella Lemhagen | Sweden |
| Terminator: Dark Fate | Tim Miller | United States |
| The Trouble With You | Pierre Salvadori | France |
| Miss Virginia | R.J. Daniel Hanna | United States |
| Never Look Away | Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck | Germany |
| Text | Klim Shipenko | Russia |
| Barn | Dag Johan Haugerud | Norway |
| Hustlers | Lorene Scafaria | United States |
| The Mustang | Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre | France, United States, Belgium |
| Twivortiare | Benni Setiawan | Indonesia |
| The Kitchen | Andrea Berloff | United States |
| Mission Mangal | Jagan Shakti | India |
| Blinded by the Light | Gurinder Chadha | United Kingdom |
| Young Juliette | Anne Émond | Canada |
| The Great War of Archimedes | Takashi Yamazaki | Japan |
| The Bravest | Tony Chan | People's Republic of China |
| Long Live the King | Kang Yun-seong | South Korea |
| The Bull | Boris Akopov | Russia |
| Skal dere gå allerede? | Mona Hoel | Norway |
| My First Client | Jang Gyu-seong | South Korea |
| Particles | Blaise Harrison | France |
| Abigail | Christonikos Tsalikis, Max Hechtman | United States |
| Oleg | Juris Kursietis | Latvia, Belgium, Lithuania |
| The Unknown Saint | Alaa Eddine Aljem | Morocco, France, Qatar |
| Teen Spirit | Max Minghella | United Kingdom, United States |
| High Life | Claire Denis | France, United Kingdom, Germany, Poland |
| Vinci Da | Srijit Mukherji | India |
| Peterloo | Mike Leigh | United Kingdom |
| Sergio and Sergei | Ernesto Daranas | Cuba, Spain, United States |
| Yowis Ben 2 | Bayu Skak, Fajar Nugros | Indonesia |
| Calon Bini | — | Indonesia |
| Innocent Witness | Lee Han | South Korea |
| Brugklas: De tijd van m'n leven | Goof de Koning, Raymond Grimbergen | Netherlands |
| Miss Bala | Catherine Hardwicke | United States, Mexico |
| Luce | Julius Onah | United States |
| Late Night | Nisha Ganatra | United States |
| Polar | Jonas Åkerlund | Germany, United States |
| Serenity | Steven Knight | United States |
| Another Day of Life | Damian Nenow, Raúl de la Fuente | Germany, Spain, Belgium, Poland |
| Sons of Denmark | Ulaa Salim | Denmark |
| Glass | M. Night Shyamalan | United States |
| Mate | Jung Dae-gun | South Korea |
| Reign of the Supermen | Sam Liu | United States |
| Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman | United States |