1995
Postman by He Jianjun
China

Fuyu no kappa by Kazama Shiori
Japan

Thalassa, Thalassa, Ruckkehr Zum Mmer by Bogdan Dumitrescu
Germany/Romania

1996
Sons by Zhang Yuan
China

Like Grains of Sand by Hasiguchi Ryosuke
Japan

Small Faces by Gillies MacKinnon
United Kingdom

1997
Last Holiday by Amir Karakulov
Kazakhstan

The Day a Pig Fell into the Well by Hung Sang-soo
South Korea

Robinson in Space by Patrick Keiller
United Kingdom

1998
Buttoners by Petr Zelenka
Czech Republic

Giro di lune tra terra e mare by Giuseppe Gaudino
Italy

Die Siebtelbauern by Stefan Ruzowitzky
Austria

1999
The Iron Heel of Oligarchy by Alexander Bashirov
Russia

Plus Qu'hier, Moins Que Demain by Laurent Achard
France

Following by Christopher Nolan
United Kingdom

2000
Suzhou River by Lou Ye
China

Mundo Grúa by Pablo Trapero
Argentina

Bye Bye Blue Bird by Katrin Ottarsdottír
Denmark

2001
Bad Company by Furumaya Tomoyuki
Japan

The Days Between by Maria Speth
Germany

25 Watts by Juan Pablo Rebella & Pablo Stoll
Uruguay

2002
Tussenland by Eugenie Jansen
The Netherlands

Everyday God Kisses Us on the Mouth by Sinişa Dragin
Romania

Wild Bees by Bohdan Sláma
Czech Republic

2003
With Love. Lilya by Larisa Sadilova
Russia

Extraño by Santiago Loza
Argentina

Jealousy Is My Middle Name by Park Chan-ok
South Korea

2004
The Missing by Lee Kang-sheng
Taiwan

Summer in the Golden Valley by Srđan Vuletić
Bosnia-Herzegovina

En Route by Jan Krüger
Germany

2005
Changing Destiny by Daniele Gaglianone
Italy

4 by Ilya Khrzhanovsky
Russia

The Sky Turns by Mercedes Alvarez
Spain

2006
Walking on the Wild Side by Han Jie
China

The Dog Pound by Manuel Nieto Zas
Uruguay/Argentina/Canada/Spain

Old Joy by Kelly Reichardt
United States of America

2007
Love Conquers All by Tan Chui Mui
Malaysia

The Unpolished by Pia Marais
Germany

Bog of Beasts by Claudio Assis
Brazil
AFR (ex aequo) by Morten Hartz Kaplers
Denmark

2008
Go With Peace Jamil by Omar Shargawi
Denmark

Wonderful Town by Aditya Assarat
Thailand

Flower in the Pocket by Liew Seng Tat
Malaysia

2009
Be Calm and Count to Seven by Ramtin Lavafipour
Iran

Breathless by Yang Ik-June
South Korea

Wrong Rosary by Mahmut Fazil Coskun
Turkey