# New Currents

New Currents is a competitive section of Busan International Film Festival's official selection. The section was introduced at the festival's inaugural edition, in 1996.
It showcases the first or second feature films by up-and-coming Asian directors. The two winning directors are awarded each a prize of US$30,000.

## Selection

Key :
| ‡ | Indicates New Currents winners |
| † | Indicates Special Mention winner |

### 1990s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 1996 | Rain Clouds over Wushan‡ | 巫山云雨 | Zhang Ming | China |
| 1996 | Accidental Legend | 飛天 | Wang Shaudi | Taiwan |
| 1996 | Ah-Chung | 忠仔 | Chang Tso-chi | Taiwan |
| 1996 | All Usual in the Village | Xiaocun wu gushi | Yu Xiangyuan | China |
| 1996 | Common Plight | Dard-e moshtarak | Yassamin Maleknasr | Iran |
| 1996 | Dark Night of the Soul | Anantha Rathriya | Prasanna Vithanage | Sri Lanka |
| 1996 | Mee Pok Man | Mee Pok Man | Eric Khoo | Singapore |
| 1996 | Nineteenth April | উনিশে এপ্রিল | Rituparno Ghosh | India |
| 1996 | Okaeri | おかえり | Makoto Shinozaki | Japan |
| 1996 | Three Friends | 세친구 | Yim Soon-rye | South Korea |
| 1996 | Time Lasts | 시간은 오래 지속된다 | Kim Eung-soo | South Korea |
| 1996 | The White Balloon | بادکنک سفید | Jafar Panahi | Iran |
| 1996 | Yuri | 유리 | Yang Yun-ho | South Korea |
| 1997 | Motel Cactus‡ | 모텔 선인장 | Park Ki-yong | South Korea |
| 1997 | After the Crescent | 月未老 | Chang Wai Chung | Hong Kong |
| 1997 | Falling Up Waking Down | Falling Up Waking Down | Arthur Chyu | Taiwan |
| 1997 | Fiction | Kahini | Malay Bhattacharya | India |
| 1997 | Fun Bar Karaoke | ฝัน บ้า คาราโอเกะ | Pen-ek Ratanaruang | Thailand |
| 1997 | Green Fish | 초록물고기 | Lee Chang-dong | South Korea |
| 1997 | Just Another Day | いつものように | Satoshi Kenmochi | Japan |
| 1997 | Made in Hong Kong | 香港製造 | Fruit Chan | Hong Kong |
| 1997 | My Secret Cache | ひみつの花園 | Shinobu Yaguchi | Japan |
| 1997 | Paper Airplanes | Mooshak e Kaghazi | Farhad Mehranfar | Iran |
| 1997 | Wind Echoing in My Being | 내 안에 우는 바람 | Jeon Soo-il | South Korea |
| 1998 | Xiao Wu‡ | 小武 | Jia Zhangke | China |
| 1998 | After Life | ワンダフルライフ | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Japan |
| 1998 | Fly Low | 하우등 | Kim Si-un | South Korea |
| 1998 | Girls' Night Out | 처녀들의 저녁식사 | Im Sang-soo | South Korea |
| 1998 | Ikinai | 生きない | Hiroshi Shimizu | Japan |
| 1998 | The Making of Steel | 长大成人 | Lu Xuechang | China |
| 1998 | Paradise Sea | 楽園 | Koji Hagiuda | Japan |
| 1998 | Too Many Ways to Be No. 1 | 一個字頭的誕生 | Wai Ka-fai | Hong Kong |
| 1998 | The Tree of Life | Derakht-e-jan | Farhad Mehranfar | Iran |
| 1998 | The Weight of Cotton | Rui Ka Bojh | Subhash Agrawal | India |
| 1998 | Who Is Running? | ท้าฟ้าลิขิต | Oxide Pang | Thailand |
| 1998 | Yellow Flower | 둘 하나 섹스 | Lee Ji-sung | South Korea |
| 1999 | Timeless Melody‡ | タイムレスメロディ | Hiroshi Okuhara | Japan |
| 1999 | Autumn Blossoms | あつもの | Shunsaku Ikehata | Japan |
| 1999 | The Bird Who Stops in the Air | 새는 폐곡선을 그린다 | Jeon Soo-il | South Korea |
| 1999 | Black Hole | 구멍 | Kim Kuk-hyeong | South Korea |
| 1999 | The Cup | ཕོར་པ། | Khyentse Norbu | Bhutan, Australia |
| 1999 | Love Will Tear Us Apart | 天上人間 | Yu Lik-wai | Hong Kong, China |
| 1999 | Men and Women | 男男女女 | Liu Bingjian | China |
| 1999 | O-Negative | รัก-ออกแบบไม่ได้ | Pinyu Roothum | Thailand |
| 1999 | The Outcast | Padadaya | Linton Semage | Sri Lanka |
| 1999 | Postcard | 明信片 | Cheng Wen-tang | Taiwan |
| 1999 | Sri | Sri | Marselli Sumarno | Indonesia |
| 1999 | Throne of Death | Marana Simhasanam | Murali Nair | India |

### 2000s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 2000 | The Day I Became a Woman‡ | روزی که زن شدم | Marzieh Meshkini | Iran, Italy |
| 2000 | Die Bad | 죽거나 혹은 나쁘거나 | Ryoo Seung-wan | South Korea |
| 2000 | Djomeh | جمعه | Hassan Yektapanah | Iran |
| 2000 | Father | 冤家父子 | Wang Shuo | China |
| 2000 | Fluffy Rhapsody | 起毛球了 | Wu Mi-sen | Taiwan |
| 2000 | Hidden Whisper | 小百无禁忌 | Vivian Chang | Taiwan |
| 2000 | Interview | 인터뷰 | Daniel H. Byun | South Korea |
| 2000 | Not Forgotten | 忘れられぬ人々 | Makoto Shinozaki | Japan |
| 2000 | The Paper | 纸 | Ding Jiancheng | China |
| 2000 | Pomildong Blues | Pomildong Blues | Kim Hee-jin | South Korea |
| 2000 | Sunflower | ひまわり | Isao Yukisada | Japan |
| 2000 | Twelve Nights | 十二夜 | Lam Oi-Wah | Hong Kong |
| 2001 | Flower Island‡ | 꽃섬 | Song Il-gon | South Korea |
| 2001 | Blue Spring | 青い春 | Toshiaki Toyoda | Japan |
| 2001 | Conjugation | 动词变位 | Emily Tang | Hong Kong |
| 2001 | Dejavu | Dejavu | Biju Viswanath | India |
| 2001 | A Drowning Man | 溺れる人 | Naoki Ichio | Japan |
| 2001 | Going By | از کنار هم میگذریم | Iraj Karimi | Iran |
| 2001 | Maya | Maya | Digvijay Singh | India |
| 2001 | Seafood | 海鲜 | Zhu Wen | China |
| 2001 | Take Care of My Cat | 고양이를 부탁해 | Jeong Jae-eun | South Korea |
| 2001 | The Unfinished Song | Qateh-ye natamam | Maziar Miri | Iran |
| 2001 | Whispering Sands | Pasir Berbisik | Nan T. Achnas | Indonesia |
| 2002 | Jealousy Is My Middle Name‡ | 질투는 나의 힘 | Park Chan-ok | South Korea |
| 2002 | The Rite... A Passion‡ | Thilaadanam | K. N. T. Sastry | India |
| 2002 | Ardor | 밀애 | Byun Young-joo | South Korea |
| 2002 | Border Line | Border Line | Lee Sang-il | Japan |
| 2002 | Brave 20 | 鹹豆漿 | Wang Ming Tai | Taiwan |
| 2002 | Eliana, Eliana | Eliana, Eliana | Riri Riza | Indonesia |
| 2002 | The Missing Gun | 寻枪 | Lu Chuan | China |
| 2002 | Too Young to Die | 죽어도 좋아 | Park Jin-pyo | South Korea |
| 2002 | The Trigger | 扣板机 | Alex Yang | Taiwan |
| 2002 | Woman of Water | 水の女 | Hidenori Sugimori | Japan |
| 2002 | Women's Prison | زندان زنان | Manijeh Hekmat | Iran |
| 2003 | The Missing‡ | 不見 | Lee Kang-sheng | Taiwan |
| 2003 | Tiny Snowflakes‡ | Danehaye rize barf | Alireza Amini | Iran |
| 2003 | 15 | 15 | Royston Tan | Singapore |
| 2003 | An Estranged Paradise | 陌生天堂 | Yang Fudong | China |
| 2003 | Dancing in the Dust | رقص در غبار | Asghar Farhadi | Iran |
| 2003 | The Floating Landscape | 戀之風景 | Carol Lai | Hong Kong |
| 2003 | Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women | मातृभूमि | Manish Jha | India |
| 2003 | One Night Husband | คืนไร้เงา | Pimpaka Towira | Thailand |
| 2003 | The Only Sons | 山清水秀 | Xiao'er Gan | China |
| 2003 | Osama | اُسامه | Siddiq Barmak | Afghanistan, Iran |
| 2003 | River | リバー | Takayuki Suzui | Japan |
| 2003 | The Road Taken | 선택 | Hong Ki-seon | South Korea |
| 2003 | Uniform | 制服 | Diao Yinan | China |
| 2004 | This Charming Girl‡ | 여자, 정혜 | Lee Yoon-ki | South Korea |
| 2004 | Sanctuary† | Sanctuary† | Yuhang Ho | Malaysia |
| 2004 | The Cat of Hollywood | The Cat of Hollywood | Chun-Yue Lam | Hong Kong |
| 2004 | Dogs & Cats | 犬猫 | Nami Iguchi | Japan |
| 2004 | Holiday Dreaming | 梦游夏威夷 | Fu-chun Hsu | Taiwan |
| 2004 | The Killing | Danav | Makarand Deshpande | India |
| 2004 | My Generation | 마이 제너레이션 | Noh Dong-seok | South Korea |
| 2004 | The Rainmaker | Impian Kemarau | Ravi Bharwani | Indonesia |
| 2004 | So Cute | 귀여워 | Kim Soo-hyun | South Korea |
| 2004 | Soap Opera | Soap Opera | Wuershan | China |
| 2004 | Survive Style 5+ | Survive Style 5+ | Gen Sekiguchi | Japan |
| 2004 | Waiting Alone | 独自等待 | Dayyan Eng | China |
| 2005 | Grain in Ear‡ | 芒种 | Zhang Lü | China, South Korea |
| 2005 | The Silent Holy Stones† | 静静的嘛呢石 | Wanma Caidan | China |
| 2005 | Big River | ビッグ・リバー | Atsushi Funahashi | Japan |
| 2005 | One Summer with You | 与你同在的夏天 | Xie Dongshen | Hong Kong |
| 2005 | The Peter Pan Formula | 피터팬의 공식 | Cho Chang-ho | South Korea |
| 2005 | Poet of the Wastes | شاعر زباله‌ها | Mohammad Ahmadi | Iran, Japan |
| 2005 | Reaching Silence | Nisshabd | Jahar Kanungo | India, France |
| 2005 | The Shoe Fairy | 人鱼朵朵 | Robin Lee | Taiwan, Hong Kong |
| 2005 | Ssunday Seoul | 썬데이 서울 | Park Sung-hun | South Korea |
| 2005 | The Unforgiven | 용서받지 못한 자 | Yoon Jong-bin | South Korea |
| 2005 | Writing on the Earth | Yadasht Bar Zamin | Ali Mohammad Ghasemi | Iran |
| 2006 | Betelnut‡ | 槟榔 | Yang Heng | China |
| 2006 | Love Conquers All‡ | Love Conquers All‡ | Tan Chui Mui | Malaysia |
| 2006 | Distance | Yuanli | Wei Tie | China |
| 2006 | Driving with My Wife's Lover | 아내의 애인을 만나다 | Kim Tai-sik | South Korea |
| 2006 | Eternal Summer | 盛夏光年 | Leste Chen | Taiwan |
| 2006 | Just Like Before | Tulad ng Dati | Mike Sandejas | Philippines |
| 2006 | Luxury Car | 江城夏日 | Wang Chao | China, France |
| 2006 | The Railroad | 경의선 | Park Heung-sik | South Korea |
| 2006 | The Summer of Stickleback | ハリヨの夏 | Mayu Nakamura | Japan |
| 2006 | The White Silk Dress | Áo Lụa Hà Đông | Lưu Huỳnh | Vietnam |
| 2006 | Wool 100% | ウール100% | Mai Tominaga | Japan |
| 2007 | Life Track‡ | Gwedo | Jin Guanghao | China, South Korea |
| 2007 | Flower in the Pocket‡ | 口袋裏的花 | Liew Seng Tat | Malaysia |
| 2007 | Wonderful Town‡ | เมืองเหงาซ่อนรัก | Aditya Assarat | Thailand |
| 2007 | Asyl: Park and Love Hotel | パーク アンド ラブホテル | Izuru Kumasaka | Japan |
| 2007 | A Bao A Qu | A Bao A Qu | Naoki Sato | Japan |
| 2007 | Endless Night | Endless Night | Jianlin Pan | China |
| 2007 | God Man Dog | 流浪神狗人 | Singing Chen | Taiwan |
| 2007 | Milky Way Liberation Front | 은하해방전선 | Yoon Seong-ho | South Korea |
| 2007 | My Song Is... | 나의 노래는 | Ahn Seul-gi | South Korea |
| 2007 | The Red Awn | 红色康拜因 | Cai Shangjun | China |
| 2007 | Tribe | Tribu | Jim Meer Libiran | Philippines |
| 2008 | Land of Scarecrows‡ | Gwedo | Roh Gyeong-tae | South Korea, France |
| 2008 | Naked of Defenses‡ | 無防備 | Masahide Ichii | Japan |
| 2008 | Er Dong† | 二冬 | Yang Jin | China |
| 2008 | Members of the Funeral† | 장례식의 멤버 | Baek Seung-bin | South Korea |
| 2008 | 100 | 100 | Chris Martinez | Philippines |
| 2008 | Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly | Babi Buta yang Ingin Terbang | Edwin | Indonesia |
| 2008 | Empty Chair | صندلی خالی | Saman Estereki | Iran |
| 2008 | Jalainur | Zha lai nuo er | Zhao Ye | China |
| 2008 | A Light in the Fog | Cheraghi dar meh | Panahbarkhoda Rezaee | Iran |
| 2008 | A Moment in June | ณ ขณะรัก | O. Nathapon | Thailand |
| 2008 | Ocean of an Old Man | Ocean of an Old Man | Rajesh Shera | India |
| 2008 | The Pot | 독 | Kim Tae-gon | South Korea |
| 2008 | Routine Holiday | 黄金周 | Li Hongqi | China |
| 2008 | Turmoil | Аурелен | Sabit Kurmanbekov, Kanymbek Kassymbekov | Kazakhstan |
| 2009 | Kick Off‡ | شوێنێک بۆ یاری | Shawkat Amin Korki | Iraq |
| 2009 | I'm in Trouble!‡ | 나는 곤경에 처했다! | So Sang-min | South Korea |
| 2009 | Squalor† | Astig | G.B. Sampedro | Philippines |
| 2009 | Dead Slowly | 慢性中毒 | Rita Hui | Hong Kong |
| 2009 | Lan | 我们天上见 | Jiang Wenli | China |
| 2009 | Lost Paradise in Tokyo | ロストパラダイス・イン・トーキョー | Kazuya Shiraishi | Japan |
| 2009 | A Man Who Ate His Cherries | Mardi ke gilass hayash ra khord | Payman Haghani | Iran |
| 2009 | Mundane History | เจ้านกกระจอก | Anocha Suwichakornpong | Thailand |
| 2009 | My Daughter | 理发店的女儿 | Charlotte Lim | Malaysia |
| 2009 | Paju | 파주 | Park Chan-ok | South Korea |
| 2009 | True Noon | Qiyami roz | Nosir Saidov | Tajikistan |
| 2009 | Vihir | Vihir | Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni | India |

### 2010s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 2010 | The Journals of Musan‡ | 무산일기 | Park Jung-bum | South Korea |
| 2010 | Bleak Night‡ | 파수꾼 | Yoon Sung-hyun | South Korea |
| 2010 | Ashamed | 창피해 | Kim Soo-hyeon | South Korea |
| 2010 | Eternity | ที่รัก | Sivaroj Kongsakul | Thailand |
| 2010 | The Floating Lives | Cánh đồng bất tận | Quang Binh Nguyen Phan | Vietnam, Singapore |
| 2010 | Lover's Discourse | 恋人絮语 | Derek Tsang, Jimmy Wan | Hong Kong, China |
| 2010 | Memories in March | Memories in March | Sanjoy Nag | India |
| 2010 | My Spectacular Theatre | 盲人电影院 | Lu Yang | China |
| 2010 | The Old Donkey | 老驢頭 | Li Ruijun | China |
| 2010 | The Quarter of Scarecrows | Garaqi daholakan | Hassan-Ali Mahmoud | Iraq |
| 2010 | Sampaguita, National Flower | Sampaguita, National Flower | Francis Xavier Eusebio Pasion | Philippines |
| 2010 | Strawberry Cliff | 贖命 | Chris Chow | Hong Kong, China, United States, France |
| 2010 | Ways of the Sea | Halaw | Sheron Dayoc | Philippines |
| 2011 | Mourning‡ | Soog | Morteza Farshbaf | Iran |
| 2011 | Niño‡ | Niño‡ | Loy Arcenas | Philippines |
| 2011 | August Drizzle | නිකිණි වැස්ස | Aruna Jayawardana | Sri Lanka |
| 2011 | Choked | 가시 | Kim Joong-hyun | South Korea |
| 2011 | Damn Life | ダムライフ | Hitoshi Kitagawa | Japan |
| 2011 | Here...or There? | Do Hay Day | Siu Pham | Vietnam, Switzerland |
| 2011 | I Carried You Home | ปาดังเบซาร์ | Tongpong Chantarangku | Thailand |
| 2011 | Lost in Mountain | 空山軼 | Gao Zipeng | China |
| 2011 | The Mirror Never Lies | Laut Bercermin | Kamila Andini | Indonesia |
| 2011 | The Passion of a Man Called Choe Che-u | 동학, 수운 최제우 | Stanley Park | South Korea |
| 2011 | Return to Burma | Return to Burma | Midi Z | Myanmar, Taiwan |
| 2011 | Starry Starry Night | 星空 | Tom Lin Shu-yu | Taiwan, China, Hong Kong |
| 2011 | Watch Indian Circus | Dekh Indian Circus | Mangesh Hadawale | India |
| 2012 | 36‡ | 36‡ | Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit | Thailand |
| 2012 | Kayan‡ | Kayan‡ | Maryam Najafi | Lebanon, Canada |
| 2012 | Filmistaan† | Filmistaan† | Nitin Kakkar | India |
| 2012 | About 111 Girls | درباره ی ۱۱۱ دختر | Nahid Ghobadi, Bijan Zmanpira | Iraq |
| 2012 | Apparition | Aparisyon | Isabel Sandoval | Philippines |
| 2012 | Fatal | 가시꽃 | Lee Don-ku | South Korea |
| 2012 | Together | 甜.秘密 | Hsu Chao-jen | Taiwan |
| 2012 | The Town of Whales | くじらのまち | Keiko Tsuruoka | Japan |
| 2012 | Touch of the Light | 逆光飛翔 | Chang Jung-chi | Taiwan, Hong Kong, China |
| 2012 | Your Time Is Up | 누구나 제 명에 죽고 싶다 | Kim Seung-hyun | South Korea |
| 2013 | Pascha‡ | 파스카 | Ahn Seon-kyoung | South Korea |
| 2013 | Remote Control‡ | Алсын Удирдлага | Byamba Sakhya | Mongolia, Germany |
| 2013 | Transit† | Transit† | Hannah Espia | Philippines |
| 2013 | 10 Minutes | 10분 | Lee Yong-seung | South Korea |
| 2013 | Again | ゆるせない、逢いたい | Junichi Kanai | Japan |
| 2013 | Concrete Clouds | ภวังค์รัก | Lee Chatametikool | Thailand |
| 2013 | The Isthmus | ที่ว่างระหว่างสมุทร | Sopawan Boonnimitra, Peerachai Kerdsint | Thailand |
| 2013 | Sarikend | Sarikend | Mehdi Parizad | Iran |
| 2013 | Steel Cold Winter | 소녀 | Choi Jin-sung | South Korea |
| 2013 | The Story of an Old Woman | История одной старушки | Alexey Gorlov | Kazakhstan |
| 2013 | Toilet Blues | Toilet Blues | Dirmawan Hatta | Indonesia |
| 2013 | Water | Jal | Girish Malik | India |
| 2014 | End of Winter‡ | 철원기행 | Kim Dae-hwan | South Korea |
| 2014 | 13† | ۱۳ | Houman Seyyedi | Iran |
| 2014 | (Sex) Appeal | 寒蟬效應 | Wang Wei-ming | Taiwan |
| 2014 | Don't Say That Word | ガンバレとかうるせえ | Takuma Sato | Japan |
| 2014 | The Face of the Ash | The Face of the Ash | Shakhwan Idrees | Iraq |
| 2014 | Ghadi | غدي | Amin Dora | Lebanon, Qatar |
| 2014 | Jalal's Story | জালালের গল্প | Abu Shahed Emon | Bangladesh |
| 2014 | Mariquina | Mariquina | Milo Sogueco | Philippines |
| 2014 | Nezha | 少女哪吒 | Li Xiaofeng | China |
| 2014 | Sunrise | Sunrise | Partho Sen-Gupta | India, France |
| 2014 | We Will Be OK | 그들이 죽었다 | Baek Jae-ho | South Korea |
| 2014 | What's the Time in Your World? | در دنیای تو ساعت چند است؟ | Safi Yazdanian | Iran |
| 2015 | Immortal‡ | ممیرو | Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh | Iran |
| 2015 | Walnut Tree‡ | Zhangak tal | Yerlan Nurmukhambetov | Kazakhstan |
| 2015 | Black Horse Memories | خاطرات اسب سیاه | Shahram Alidi | Iran, Turkey |
| 2015 | Communication & Lies | 소통과 거짓말 | Lee Seung-won | South Korea |
| 2015 | Go Home | Go Home | Jihane Chouaib | Lebanon, France, Switzerland, Belgium |
| 2015 | Night and Fog in Zona | 천당의 밤과 안개 | Jung Sung-il | South Korea |
| 2015 | Radio Set | Radiopetti | Hari Viswanath | India |
| 2015 | West North West | 西北西 | Takuro Nakamura | Japan |
| 2016 | The Donor‡ | 捐赠者 | Zang Xichuan | China |
| 2016 | Knife in the Clear Water‡ | 清水里的刀子 | Xuebo Wang | China |
| 2016 | Parting† | رفتن | Navid Mahmoudi | Iran, Afghanistan |
| 2016 | A Billion Colour Story | A Billion Colour Story | Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy | India |
| 2016 | Burning Birds | දැවෙන විහඟුන් | Sanjeewa Pushpakumara | Sri Lanka, France, Netherlands, Qatar |
| 2016 | Her Mother | HER MOTHER 娘を殺した死刑囚との対話 | Yoshinori Sato | Japan |
| 2016 | In Between Seasons | 환절기 | Lee Dong-eun | South Korea |
| 2016 | Lady of the Lake | Loktak Lairembee | Haobam Paban Kumar | India |
| 2016 | Merry Christmas Mr. Mo | 메리 크리스마스 미스터 모 | Lim Dae-hyung | South Korea |
| 2016 | Someone to Talk to | 一句顶一万句 | Liu Yulin | China, Hong Kong |
| 2016 | White Ant | 白蟻─慾望謎網 | Chu Hsien-che |
| 2017 | After My Death‡ | 죄 많은 소녀 | Kim Ui-seok | South Korea |
| 2017 | Blockage‡ | سد معبر | Mohsen Gharaei | Iran |
| 2017 | Ajji | Ajji | Devashish Makhija | India |
| 2017 | Ashwatthama | Ashwatthama | Pushpendra Singh | India, South Korea |
| 2017 | End of Summer | 西小河的夏天 | Zhou Quan | China |
| 2017 | How to Breathe Underwater | 물속에서 숨 쉬는 법 | Ko Hyun-seok | South Korea |
| 2017 | Last Child | 살아남은 아이 | Shin Dong-seok | South Korea |
| 2017 | The Last Verse | 最後的詩句 | Ying-Ting Tseng | Taiwan |
| 2017 | One Night on the Wharf | 在码头 | Han Dong | China |
| 2017 | Somewhere Beyond the Mist | 藍天白雲 | Cheung King-wai | Hong Kong, China |
| 2018 | Clean Up‡ | 호흡 | Kwon Man-ki | South Korea |
| 2018 | Savage‡ | 雪暴 | Cui Si Wei | China |
| 2018 | Aurora | Aurora | Bekzat Pirmatov | Kyrgyzstan |
| 2018 | Gold Carrier | حمال طلا | Touraj Aslani | Iran |
| 2018 | His Lost Name | 夜明け | Nanako Hirose | Japan |
| 2018 | House of Hummingbird | 벌새 | Kim Bora | South Korea |
| 2018 | House of My Fathers | නොමියෙන මතකය | Suba Sivakumaran | Sri Lanka |
| 2018 | The Red Phallus | The Red Phallus | Tashi Gyeltshen | Bhutan |
| 2018 | Second Life | 선희와 슬기 | Park Young-ju | South Korea |
| 2018 | Vanishing Days | 漫游 | Zhu Xin | China |
| 2019 | Ròm‡ | Ròm‡ | Tran Thanh Huy | Vietnam |
| 2019 | Haifa Street‡ | شارع حيفا | Mohanad Hayal | Iraq |
| 2019 | Among the Hills | در میان تپه‌ها | Mohammadreza Keivanfar | Iran |
| 2019 | Boluomi | 菠蘿蜜 | Kek Huat Lau, Vera Chen | Taiwan |
| 2019 | Diapason | شب اول 18 سالگی | Hamed Tehrani | Iran |
| 2019 | The Education | 에듀케이션 | Kim Duk-joong | South Korea |
| 2019 | John Denver Trending | John Denver Trending | Arden Rod Condez | Philippines |
| 2019 | Just Like That | Aise Hee | Kislay Kislay | India |
| 2019 | Lucky Monster | 럭키 몬스터 | Bong Joon-young | South Korea |
| 2019 | My Identity | 神様のいるところ | Sae Suzuki | Japan |
| 2019 | An Old Lady | 69세 | Lim Sun-ae | South Korea |
| 2019 | Over the Sea | 少年与海 | Aoqian Sun | China |
| 2019 | A Road to Spring | 通往春天的列车 | Li Ji | China |
| 2019 | Running to the Sky | Жөө Күлүк | Mirlan Abdykalykov | Kyrgyzstan |

### 2020s

| Year | English title | Original title | Director(s) | Production countrie(s) |
| 2020 | A Balance‡ | 由宇子の天秤 | Yujiro Harumoto | Japan |
| 2020 | Three‡ | Tpu | Ruslan Pak | Kazakhstan, South Korea, Uzbekistan |
| 2020 | Bilesuvar | Bilesuvar | Elvin Adigozel | Azerbaijan, France |
| 2020 | Butterfly on a Windowpane | ऐना झ्यालको पुतली | Sujit Bidari | Nepal |
| 2020 | Chnchik | Chnchik | Aram Shahbazyan | Armenia, Germany, Netherlands |
| 2020 | Harami | हरामी | Shyam Madiraju | India, United States |
| 2020 | A Leave | 휴가 | Lee Ran-hee | South Korea |
| 2020 | Money Has Four Legs | ခြေလေးချောင် | Maung Sun | Myanmar |
| 2020 | Snowball | 최선의 삶 | Lee Woo-jung | South Korea |
| 2020 | Summer Blur | 汉南夏日 | Han Shuai | China |
| 2021 | Farewell, My Hometown‡ | 再见，乐园 | Wang Er Zhuo | China |
| 2021 | The Apartment with Two Women‡ | 같은 속옷을 입는 두 여자 | Kim Se-in | South Korea |
| 2021 | The Absent Director | در نبود کارگردان | Arvand Dashtaray | Iran |
| 2021 | Asteroid | سیارک | Mehdi Hosseinivand Aalipour | Iran |
| 2021 | House of Time | কালকোকখো | Rajdeep Paul, Sarmistha Maiti | India |
| 2021 | Memoryland | Miền ký ức | Kim Quy Bui | Vietnam, Germany |
| 2021 | Missing | さがす | Shinzo Katayama | Japan |
| 2021 | Pedro | Pedro | Natesh Hedge | India |
| 2021 | Photocopier | Penyalin Cahaya | Wregas Bhanuteja | Indonesia |
| 2021 | Red Pomegranate | қызыл анар | Sharipa Urazbayeva | Kazakhstan |
| 2021 | Seire | 세이레 | Kang Park | South Korea |
| 2022 | A Wild Roomer‡ | 괴인 | Lee Jeong-hong | South Korea |
| 2022 | Shivamma‡ | Shivamma‡ | Jaishankar Aryar | India |
| 2022 | Ajoomma | 아줌마 | He Shuming | Singapore, South Korea |
| 2022 | Blue Again | บลู อะเกน | Thapanee Loosuwan | Thailand |
| 2022 | Long Live Hell | 지옥만세 | Im Oh-jeong | South Korea |
| 2022 | Memento Mori: Earth | Memento Mori: Đất | Marcus Mạnh Cường Vũ | Vietnam |
| 2022 | No End | Bi payan | Nader Saeivar | Iran |
| 2022 | A Place of Silence | A Place of Silence | Sam Quah | Malaysia |
| 2022 | A Thousand and One Nights | 千夜、一夜 | Nao Kubota | Japan |
| 2022 | The Winter Within | Maagh | Aamir Bashir | India |
| 2023 |
| 2023 | The Wrestler‡ | The Wrestler‡ | Iqbal Chowdhury | Bangladesh |
| 2023 | September 1923‡ | 福田村事件 | Tatsuya Mori | Japan |
| 2023 | After a Fever | | Akira Yamamoto | Japan |
| 2023 | Borrowed Time | | Choi Ji | China |
| 2023 | Heritage | 부모 바보 | Lee Jong-soo | South Korea |
| 2023 | Now, Oasis | | Chia Chee Sum | Malaysia |
| 2023 | Solids by the Seashore | ทะเลของฉันมีคลื่นเล็กน้อยถึงปานกลาง | Patiparn Boontarig | Thailand |
| 2023 | Spark | Spark | Rajesh Zala | India |
| 2023 | Stranger | Agantuk | Biplop Sarkar | Bangladesh |
| 2023 | That Summer Lie | 그 여름날의 거짓말 | Son Hyeon-rok | South Korea |
| 2024 |
| 2024 | The Land of Morning Calm | 아침바다 갈매기는 | Park Yi-woong | South Korea |
| 2024 | Ma – Cry of Silence | | The Maw Nang | Myanmar, Korea, Singapore, France, Norway, Qatar |
| 2024 | Able | | Elzak Eskendir | Kazakhstan |
| 2024 | As the River Goes By | | Charles Hu | China |
| 2024 | For Rana | | Iman Yazadi | Iran |
| 2024 | The Height of the Coconut Trees | | Du Jie | Japan |
| 2024 | Kaneko’s Commissar | | Furukawa Go | Japan |
| 2024 | Montages of a Modern Motherhood | | Oliver Siu, Kuen Chan | Hong Kong |
| 2024 | Tale of the Land | | Loeloe Hendra | Indonesia, Philippines, Qatar |
| 2024 | Waterdrop | 수연의 선율 | Choi Jong-yong | South Korea |