New Currents
{{Short description|Section of Busan International Film Festival}}
{{Infobox award
| name = New Currents
| subheader =
| awarded_for = Best first or second feature films by Asian directors
| presenter = Busan International Film Festival
| country = South Korea
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| image_upright =
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| year = 1996
| year2 = 2024
| holder = The Land of Morning Calm by Park Yi-woong, South Korea
Ma – Cry of Silence by The Maw Nang, Myanmar, South Korea, Singapore, France, Norway, Qatar
| website = {{URL|biff.kr}}
}}
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.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/busan-film-festival-competition-lineup-1235212511/|title=Busan Film Festival Unveils Diverse Competition Lineup|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=September 5, 2022|accessdate=September 12, 2023|first=Soomee|last=Park}}
It showcases the first or second feature films by up-and-coming Asian directors.{{cite web|url=https://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20221007000001|title=Jurors for BIFF's New Currents Award hope to discover revolutionary work|work=The Korea Herald|date=October 7, 2022|accessdate=September 10, 2023|first=Seung-hyun|last=Song}} The two winning directors are awarded each a prize of US$30,000.{{cite web|url=https://www.hapskorea.com/27th-busan-international-film-festival-announces-jury-members-for-new-currents-and-kim-jiseok-awards|title=27th Busan International Film Festival Announces Jury Members for New Currents and Kim Jiseok Awards|work=Haps Korea|date=August 25, 2022|accessdate=September 12, 2023}}
Selection
File:Jia Zhangke 20081105.jpg, 1998 winner]]
File:Marzieh Meshkini.jpg, 2000 winner]]
File:Song Il-gon.jpg, 2001 winner]]File:Lee Kang-sheng WFFBKK 20071103.jpg, 2003 co-winner]]
File:Pema Tseden (1).JPG, 2005 Special Mention winner]]
File:OIFF 2015-07-14 152022 - Morteza Farshbaf.jpg, 2011 co-winner]]
File:Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit - IFFR 2020.jpg, 2012 co-winner]]
File:Houman Seyyedi in 40th Fajr Film Festival, 7 Feb 2022.jpg, 2014 co-winner]]
File:Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh 20130201 09.jpg, 2015 co-winner]]
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| style="background-color:#FAEB86"| {{Double-dagger|alt=Indicates New Currents winners}}
| Indicates New Currents winners |
| style="background-color:#bbddff"|{{dagger|alt=Indicates Special Mention winner}}
| Indicates Special Mention winner |
=1990s=
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! width="5%" | Year ! English title ! Original title ! Director(s) ! Production countrie(s) |
| scope="row" rowspan="13" align="center"|1996
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|Rain Clouds over Wushan{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|巫山云雨 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Zhang Ming | bgcolor="FAEB86"|China |
|---|
| Accidental Legend
| 飛天 | Taiwan |
| Ah-Chung
| 忠仔 | Taiwan |
| All Usual in the Village
| Xiaocun wu gushi | Yu Xiangyuan | China |
| Common Plight
| Dard-e moshtarak | Iran |
| Dark Night of the Soul
| Anantha Rathriya | Sri Lanka |
| colspan="2"|Mee Pok Man
| Singapore |
| Nineteenth April
| উনিশে এপ্রিল | India |
| Okaeri
| おかえり | Japan |
| Three Friends
| 세친구 | South Korea |
| Time Lasts
| 시간은 오래 지속된다 | Kim Eung-soo | South Korea |
| The White Balloon
| بادکنک سفید | Iran |
| Yuri
| 유리 | South Korea |
| scope="row" rowspan="11" align="center"|1997
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|Motel Cactus{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|모텔 선인장 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Park Ki-yong | bgcolor="FAEB86"|South Korea |
| After the Crescent
| 月未老 | Chang Wai Chung | Hong Kong |
| colspan="2"|Falling Up Waking Down
| Arthur Chyu | Taiwan |
| Fiction
| Kahini | Malay Bhattacharya | India |
| Fun Bar Karaoke
| ฝัน บ้า คาราโอเกะ | Thailand |
| Green Fish
| 초록물고기 | South Korea |
| Just Another Day
| いつものように | Satoshi Kenmochi | Japan |
| Made in Hong Kong
| 香港製造 | Hong Kong |
| My Secret Cache
| ひみつの花園 | Japan |
| Paper Airplanes
| Mooshak e Kaghazi | Farhad Mehranfar | Iran |
| Wind Echoing in My Being
| 내 안에 우는 바람 | South Korea |
| scope="row" rowspan="12" align="center"|1998
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|Xiao Wu{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|小武 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Jia Zhangke | bgcolor="FAEB86"|China |
| After Life
| ワンダフルライフ | Japan |
| Fly Low
| 하우등 | Kim Si-un | South Korea |
| ''Girls' Night Out
| 처녀들의 저녁식사 | South Korea |
| Ikinai
| 生きない | Hiroshi Shimizu | Japan |
| The Making of Steel
| 长大成人 | China |
| Paradise Sea
| 楽園 | Koji Hagiuda | Japan |
| Too Many Ways to Be No. 1
| 一個字頭的誕生 | Hong Kong |
| The Tree of Life
| Derakht-e-jan | Farhad Mehranfar | Iran |
| The Weight of Cotton
| Rui Ka Bojh | Subhash Agrawal | India |
| Who Is Running?
| ท้าฟ้าลิขิต | Thailand |
| Yellow Flower
| 둘 하나 섹스 | Lee Ji-sung | South Korea |
| scope="row" rowspan="12" align="center"|1999
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|Timeless Melody{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|タイムレスメロディ | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Hiroshi Okuhara | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Japan |
| Autumn Blossoms
| あつもの | Shunsaku Ikehata | Japan |
| The Bird Who Stops in the Air
| 새는 폐곡선을 그린다 | South Korea |
| Black Hole
| 구멍 | Kim Kuk-hyeong | South Korea |
| The Cup
| ཕོར་པ། | Bhutan, Australia |
| Love Will Tear Us Apart
| 天上人間 | Hong Kong, China |
| Men and Women
| 男男女女 | China |
| O-Negative
| รัก-ออกแบบไม่ได้ | Pinyu Roothum | Thailand |
| The Outcast
| Padadaya | Sri Lanka |
| Postcard
| 明信片 | Taiwan |
| colspan="2"|Sri
| Indonesia |
| Throne of Death
| Marana Simhasanam | India |
=2000s=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:1.00em; line-height:1.5em;" |
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! width="5%" | Year ! English title ! Original title ! Director(s) ! Production countrie(s) |
| scope="row" rowspan="12" align="center"|2000
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|The Day I Became a Woman{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|روزی که زن شدم | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Marzieh Meshkini | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Iran, Italy |
|---|
| Die Bad
| 죽거나 혹은 나쁘거나 | South Korea |
| Djomeh
| جمعه | Iran |
| Father
| 冤家父子 | China |
| Fluffy Rhapsody
| 起毛球了 | Wu Mi-sen | Taiwan |
| Hidden Whisper
| 小百无禁忌 | Vivian Chang | Taiwan |
| Interview
| 인터뷰 | South Korea |
| Not Forgotten
| 忘れられぬ人々 | Japan |
| The Paper
| 纸 | Ding Jiancheng | China |
| colspan="2"|Pomildong Blues
| Kim Hee-jin | South Korea |
| Sunflower
| ひまわり | Japan |
| Twelve Nights
| 十二夜 | Lam Oi-Wah | Hong Kong |
| scope="row" rowspan="11" align="center"|2001
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|Flower Island{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|꽃섬 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Song Il-gon | bgcolor="FAEB86"|South Korea |
| Blue Spring
| 青い春 | Japan |
| Conjugation
| 动词变位 | Hong Kong |
| colspan="2"|Dejavu
| India |
| A Drowning Man
| 溺れる人 | Naoki Ichio | Japan |
| Going By
| از کنار هم میگذریم | Iraj Karimi | Iran |
| colspan="2"|Maya
| Digvijay Singh | India |
| Seafood
| 海鲜 | Zhu Wen | China |
| Take Care of My Cat
| 고양이를 부탁해 | South Korea |
| The Unfinished Song
| Qateh-ye natamam | Iran |
| Whispering Sands
| Pasir Berbisik | Indonesia |
| scope="row" rowspan="11" align="center"|2002
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|Jealousy Is My Middle Name{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|질투는 나의 힘 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Park Chan-ok | bgcolor="FAEB86"|South Korea |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| The Rite... A Passion{{double-dagger}} | Thilaadanam | India |
| Ardor
| 밀애 | South Korea |
| colspan="2"|Border Line
| Japan |
| Brave 20
| 鹹豆漿 | Wang Ming Tai | Taiwan |
| colspan="2"|Eliana, Eliana
| Indonesia |
| The Missing Gun
| 寻枪 | Lu Chuan | China |
| Too Young to Die
| 죽어도 좋아 | South Korea |
| The Trigger
| 扣板机 | Alex Yang | Taiwan |
| Woman of Water
| 水の女 | Hidenori Sugimori | Japan |
| Women's Prison
| زندان زنان | Iran |
| scope="row" rowspan="13" align="center"|2003
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|The Missing{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|不見 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Lee Kang-sheng | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Taiwan |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| Tiny Snowflakes{{double-dagger}} | Danehaye rize barf | Alireza Amini | Iran |
| colspan="2"|15
| Singapore |
| An Estranged Paradise
| 陌生天堂 | China |
| Dancing in the Dust
| رقص در غبار | Iran |
| The Floating Landscape
| 戀之風景 | Carol Lai | Hong Kong |
| Matrubhoomi: A Nation Without Women
| मातृभूमि | India |
| One Night Husband
| คืนไร้เงา | Thailand |
| The Only Sons
| 山清水秀 | Xiao'er Gan | China |
| Osama
| اُسامه | Afghanistan, Iran |
| River
| リバー | Japan |
| The Road Taken
| 선택 | Hong Ki-seon | South Korea |
| Uniform
| 制服 | China |
| scope="row" rowspan="12" align="center"|2004
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|This Charming Girl{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|여자, 정혜 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Lee Yoon-ki | bgcolor="FAEB86"|South Korea |
| bgcolor="bbddff"
| colspan="2"|Sanctuary{{dagger}} | Yuhang Ho | Malaysia |
| colspan="2"|The Cat of Hollywood
| Chun-Yue Lam | Hong Kong |
| Dogs & Cats
| 犬猫 | Japan |
| Holiday Dreaming
| 梦游夏威夷 | Fu-chun Hsu | Taiwan |
| The Killing
| Danav | India |
| My Generation
| 마이 제너레이션 | Noh Dong-seok | South Korea |
| The Rainmaker
| Impian Kemarau | Ravi Bharwani | Indonesia |
| So Cute
| 귀여워 | Kim Soo-hyun | South Korea |
| colspan="2"| Soap Opera
| Wuershan | China |
| colspan="2"|Survive Style 5+
| Japan |
| Waiting Alone
| 独自等待 | China |
| scope="row" rowspan="11" align="center"|2005
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|Grain in Ear{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|芒种 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Zhang Lü | bgcolor="FAEB86"|China, South Korea |
| bgcolor="bbddff"
| The Silent Holy Stones{{dagger}} | 静静的嘛呢石 | China |
| Big River
| ビッグ・リバー | Japan |
| One Summer with You
| 与你同在的夏天 | Xie Dongshen | Hong Kong |
| The Peter Pan Formula
| 피터팬의 공식 | South Korea |
| Poet of the Wastes
| شاعر زبالهها | Iran, Japan |
| Reaching Silence
| Nisshabd | India, France |
| The Shoe Fairy
| 人鱼朵朵 | Robin Lee | Taiwan, Hong Kong |
| Ssunday Seoul
| 썬데이 서울 | Park Sung-hun | South Korea |
| The Unforgiven
| 용서받지 못한 자 | South Korea |
| Writing on the Earth
| Yadasht Bar Zamin | Ali Mohammad Ghasemi | Iran |
| scope="row" rowspan="11" align="center"|2006
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|Betelnut{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|槟榔 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Yang Heng | bgcolor="FAEB86"|China |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| colspan="2"|Love Conquers All{{double-dagger}} | Malaysia |
| Distance
| Yuanli | Wei Tie | China |
| Driving with My Wife's Lover
| 아내의 애인을 만나다 | Kim Tai-sik | South Korea |
| Eternal Summer
| 盛夏光年 | Taiwan |
| Just Like Before
| Tulad ng Dati | Mike Sandejas | Philippines |
| Luxury Car
| 江城夏日 | China, France |
| The Railroad
| 경의선 | South Korea |
| The Summer of Stickleback
| ハリヨの夏 | Mayu Nakamura | Japan |
| The White Silk Dress
| Áo Lụa Hà Đông | Vietnam |
| Wool 100%
| ウール100% | Mai Tominaga | Japan |
| scope="row" rowspan="11" align="center"|2007
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|Life Track{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Gwedo | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Jin Guanghao | bgcolor="FAEB86"|China, South Korea |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| Flower in the Pocket{{double-dagger}} | 口袋裏的花 | Malaysia |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| Wonderful Town{{double dagger}} | เมืองเหงาซ่อนรัก | Thailand |
| Asyl: Park and Love Hotel
| パーク アンド ラブホテル | Izuru Kumasaka | Japan |
| colspan="2"|A Bao A Qu
| Naoki Sato | Japan |
| colspan="2"|Endless Night
| Jianlin Pan | China |
| God Man Dog
| 流浪神狗人 | Taiwan |
| Milky Way Liberation Front
| 은하해방전선 | Yoon Seong-ho | South Korea |
| My Song Is...
| 나의 노래는 | Ahn Seul-gi | South Korea |
| The Red Awn
| 红色康拜因 | China |
| Tribe
| Tribu | Jim Meer Libiran | Philippines |
| scope="row" rowspan="14" align="center"|2008
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|Land of Scarecrows{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Gwedo | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Roh Gyeong-tae | bgcolor="FAEB86"|South Korea, France |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| Naked of Defenses{{double-dagger}} | 無防備 | Masahide Ichii | Japan |
| bgcolor="bbddff"
| Er Dong{{dagger}} | 二冬 | Yang Jin | China |
| bgcolor="bbddff"
| Members of the Funeral{{dagger}} | 장례식의 멤버 | Baek Seung-bin | South Korea |
| colspan="2"|100
| Philippines |
| Blind Pig Who Wants to Fly
| Babi Buta yang Ingin Terbang | Edwin | Indonesia |
| Empty Chair
| صندلی خالی | Saman Estereki | Iran |
| Jalainur
| Zha lai nuo er | Zhao Ye | China |
| A Light in the Fog
| Cheraghi dar meh | Panahbarkhoda Rezaee | Iran |
| A Moment in June
| ณ ขณะรัก | O. Nathapon | Thailand |
| colspan="2"|Ocean of an Old Man
| Rajesh Shera | India |
| The Pot
| 독 | Kim Tae-gon | South Korea |
| Routine Holiday
| 黄金周 | Li Hongqi | China |
| Turmoil
| Аурелен | Sabit Kurmanbekov, Kanymbek Kassymbekov | Kazakhstan |
| scope="row" rowspan="12" align="center"|2009
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|Kick Off{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|شوێنێک بۆ یاری | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Shawkat Amin Korki | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Iraq |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| I'm in Trouble!{{double-dagger}} | 나는 곤경에 처했다! | So Sang-min | South Korea |
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| Squalor{{dagger}} | Astig | G.B. Sampedro | Philippines |
| Dead Slowly
| 慢性中毒 | Rita Hui | Hong Kong |
| Lan
| 我们天上见 | China |
| Lost Paradise in Tokyo
| ロストパラダイス・イン・トーキョー | Japan |
| A Man Who Ate His Cherries
| Mardi ke gilass hayash ra khord | Payman Haghani | Iran |
| Mundane History
| เจ้านกกระจอก | Thailand |
| My Daughter
| 理发店的女儿 | Charlotte Lim | Malaysia |
| Paju
| 파주 | South Korea |
| True Noon
| Qiyami roz | Nosir Saidov | Tajikistan |
| colspan="2"|Vihir
| India |
=2010s=
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! width="5%" | Year ! English title ! Original title ! Director(s) ! Production countrie(s) |
| scope="row" rowspan="13" align="center"|2010
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|The Journals of Musan{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|무산일기 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Park Jung-bum | bgcolor="FAEB86"|South Korea |
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| Bleak Night{{double-dagger}} | 파수꾼 | South Korea |
| Ashamed
| 창피해 | Kim Soo-hyeon | South Korea |
| Eternity
| ที่รัก | Sivaroj Kongsakul | Thailand |
| The Floating Lives
| Cánh đồng bất tận | Quang Binh Nguyen Phan | Vietnam, Singapore |
| Lover's Discourse
| 恋人絮语 | Derek Tsang, Jimmy Wan | Hong Kong, China |
| colspan="2"|Memories in March
| India |
| My Spectacular Theatre
| 盲人电影院 | Lu Yang | China |
| The Old Donkey
| 老驢頭 | China |
| The Quarter of Scarecrows
| Garaqi daholakan | Hassan-Ali Mahmoud | Iraq |
| colspan="2"|Sampaguita, National Flower
| Francis Xavier Eusebio Pasion | Philippines |
| Strawberry Cliff
| 贖命 | Chris Chow | Hong Kong, China, United States, France |
| Ways of the Sea
| Halaw | Sheron Dayoc | Philippines |
| scope="row" rowspan="13" align="center"|2011
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|Mourning{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Soog | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Morteza Farshbaf | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Iran |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| colspan="2"|Niño{{double-dagger}} | Loy Arcenas | Philippines |
| August Drizzle
| නිකිණි වැස්ස | Aruna Jayawardana | Sri Lanka |
| Choked
| 가시 | Kim Joong-hyun | South Korea |
| Damn Life
| ダムライフ | Hitoshi Kitagawa | Japan |
| Here...or There?
| Do Hay Day | Siu Pham | Vietnam, Switzerland |
| I Carried You Home
| ปาดังเบซาร์ | Tongpong Chantarangku | Thailand |
| Lost in Mountain
| 空山軼 | Gao Zipeng | China |
| The Mirror Never Lies
| Laut Bercermin | Indonesia |
| The Passion of a Man Called Choe Che-u
| 동학, 수운 최제우 | Stanley Park | South Korea |
| colspan="2"|Return to Burma
| Midi Z | Myanmar, Taiwan |
| Starry Starry Night
| 星空 | Taiwan, China, Hong Kong |
| Watch Indian Circus
| Dekh Indian Circus | India |
| scope="row" rowspan="10" align="center"|2012
| bgcolor="FAEB86" colspan="2"|36{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Thailand |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| colspan="2"|Kayan{{double-dagger}} | Maryam Najafi | Lebanon, Canada |
| bgcolor="bbddff"
| colspan="2"|Filmistaan{{dagger}} | India |
| About 111 Girls
| درباره ی ۱۱۱ دختر | Nahid Ghobadi, Bijan Zmanpira | Iraq |
| Apparition
| Aparisyon | Isabel Sandoval{{efn|Credited as Vincent Sandoval.}} | Philippines |
| Fatal
| 가시꽃 | South Korea |
| Together
| 甜.秘密 | Hsu Chao-jen | Taiwan |
| The Town of Whales
| くじらのまち | Keiko Tsuruoka | Japan |
| Touch of the Light
| 逆光飛翔 | Chang Jung-chi | Taiwan, Hong Kong, China |
| Your Time Is Up
| 누구나 제 명에 죽고 싶다 | Kim Seung-hyun | South Korea |
| scope="row" rowspan="12" align="center"|2013
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|Pascha{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|파스카 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Ahn Seon-kyoung | bgcolor="FAEB86"|South Korea |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| Remote Control{{double-dagger}} | Алсын Удирдлага | Byamba Sakhya | Mongolia, Germany |
| bgcolor="bbddff"
| colspan="2"|Transit{{dagger}} | Philippines |
| 10 Minutes
| 10분 | Lee Yong-seung | South Korea |
| Again
| ゆるせない、逢いたい | Junichi Kanai | Japan |
| Concrete Clouds
| ภวังค์รัก | Thailand |
| The Isthmus
| ที่ว่างระหว่างสมุทร | Sopawan Boonnimitra, Peerachai Kerdsint | Thailand |
| colspan="2"|Sarikend
| Mehdi Parizad | Iran |
| Steel Cold Winter
| 소녀 | South Korea |
| The Story of an Old Woman
| История одной старушки | Alexey Gorlov | Kazakhstan |
| colspan="2"|Toilet Blues
| Dirmawan Hatta | Indonesia |
| Water
| Jal | Girish Malik | India |
| scope="row" rowspan="12" align="center"|2014
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|End of Winter{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|철원기행 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Kim Dae-hwan | bgcolor="FAEB86"|South Korea |
| bgcolor="bbddff"
| 13{{dagger}} | ۱۳ | Iran |
| (Sex) Appeal
| 寒蟬效應 | Wang Wei-ming | Taiwan |
| Don't Say That Word
| ガンバレとかうるせえ | Takuma Sato | Japan |
| colspan="2"|The Face of the Ash
| Shakhwan Idrees | Iraq |
| Ghadi
| غدي | Lebanon, Qatar |
| Jalal's Story
| জালালের গল্প | Abu Shahed Emon | Bangladesh |
| colspan="2"|Mariquina
| Milo Sogueco | Philippines |
| Nezha
| 少女哪吒 | Li Xiaofeng | China |
| colspan="2"|Sunrise
| India, France |
| We Will Be OK
| 그들이 죽었다 | Baek Jae-ho | South Korea |
| What's the Time in Your World?
| در دنیای تو ساعت چند است؟ | Safi Yazdanian | Iran |
| scope="row" rowspan="8" align="center"|2015
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|Immortal{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|ممیرو | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Seyed Hadi Mohaghegh | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Iran |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| Walnut Tree{{double-dagger}} | Zhangak tal | Yerlan Nurmukhambetov | Kazakhstan |
| Black Horse Memories
| خاطرات اسب سیاه | Iran, Turkey |
| Communication & Lies
| 소통과 거짓말 | Lee Seung-won | South Korea |
| colspan="2"|Go Home
| Jihane Chouaib | Lebanon, France, Switzerland, Belgium |
| Night and Fog in Zona
| 천당의 밤과 안개 | South Korea |
| Radio Set
| Radiopetti | India |
| West North West
| 西北西 | Takuro Nakamura | Japan |
| scope="row" rowspan="11" align="center"|2016
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|The Donor{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|捐赠者 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Zang Xichuan | bgcolor="FAEB86"|China |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| Knife in the Clear Water{{double-dagger}} | 清水里的刀子 | Xuebo Wang | China |
| bgcolor="bbddff"
| Parting{{dagger}} | رفتن | Navid Mahmoudi | Iran, Afghanistan |
| colspan="2"|A Billion Colour Story
| Padmakumar Narasimhamurthy | India |
| Burning Birds
| දැවෙන විහඟුන් | Sri Lanka, France, Netherlands, Qatar |
| Her Mother
| HER MOTHER 娘を殺した死刑囚との対話 | Yoshinori Sato | Japan |
| In Between Seasons
| 환절기 | South Korea |
| Lady of the Lake
| Loktak Lairembee | India |
| Merry Christmas Mr. Mo
| 메리 크리스마스 미스터 모 | South Korea |
| Someone to Talk to
| 一句顶一万句 | China, Hong Kong |
| White Ant
| 白蟻─慾望謎網 | Chu Hsien-che |
| scope="row" rowspan="10" align="center"|2017
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|After My Death{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|죄 많은 소녀 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Kim Ui-seok | bgcolor="FAEB86"|South Korea |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| Blockage{{double-dagger}} | سد معبر | Mohsen Gharaei | Iran |
| colspan="2"|Ajji
| India |
| colspan="2"|Ashwatthama
| Pushpendra Singh | India, South Korea |
| End of Summer
| 西小河的夏天 | China |
| How to Breathe Underwater
| 물속에서 숨 쉬는 법 | Ko Hyun-seok | South Korea |
| Last Child
| 살아남은 아이 | Shin Dong-seok | South Korea |
| The Last Verse
| 最後的詩句 | Ying-Ting Tseng | Taiwan |
| One Night on the Wharf
| 在码头 | Han Dong | China |
| Somewhere Beyond the Mist
| 藍天白雲 | Cheung King-wai | Hong Kong, China |
| scope="row" rowspan="10" align="center"|2018
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|Clean Up{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|호흡 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Kwon Man-ki | bgcolor="FAEB86"|South Korea |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| Savage{{double-dagger}} | 雪暴 | Cui Si Wei | China |
| colspan="2"|Aurora
| Bekzat Pirmatov | Kyrgyzstan |
| Gold Carrier
| حمال طلا | Touraj Aslani | Iran |
| His Lost Name
| 夜明け | Nanako Hirose | Japan |
| House of Hummingbird
| 벌새 | Kim Bora | South Korea |
| House of My Fathers
| නොමියෙන මතකය | Suba Sivakumaran | Sri Lanka |
| colspan="2"|The Red Phallus
| Tashi Gyeltshen | Bhutan |
| Second Life
| 선희와 슬기 | Park Young-ju | South Korea |
| Vanishing Days
| 漫游 | Zhu Xin | China |
| scope="row" rowspan="14" align="center"|2019
| bgcolor="FAEB86" colspan="2"|Ròm{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Tran Thanh Huy | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Vietnam |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| Haifa Street{{double-dagger}} | شارع حيفا | Mohanad Hayal | Iraq |
| Among the Hills
| در میان تپهها | Mohammadreza Keivanfar | Iran |
| Boluomi
| 菠蘿蜜 | Kek Huat Lau, Vera Chen | Taiwan |
| Diapason
| شب اول 18 سالگی | Hamed Tehrani | Iran |
| The Education
| 에듀케이션 | Kim Duk-joong | South Korea |
| colspan="2"|John Denver Trending
| Arden Rod Condez | Philippines |
| Just Like That
| Aise Hee | Kislay Kislay | India |
| Lucky Monster
| 럭키 몬스터 | Bong Joon-young | South Korea |
| My Identity
| 神様のいるところ | Sae Suzuki | Japan |
| An Old Lady
| 69세 | Lim Sun-ae | South Korea |
| Over the Sea
| 少年与海 | Aoqian Sun | China |
| A Road to Spring
| 通往春天的列车 | Li Ji | China |
| Running to the Sky
| Жөө Күлүк | Mirlan Abdykalykov | Kyrgyzstan |
=2020s=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="font-size:1.00em; line-height:1.5em;" |
| bgcolor="#bebebe" |
| bgcolor="#bebebe"
! width="5%" | Year ! English title ! Original title ! Director(s) ! Production countrie(s) |
| scope="row" rowspan="10" align="center"|2020
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|A Balance{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|由宇子の天秤 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Yujiro Harumoto | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Japan |
|---|
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| Three{{double-dagger}} | Tpu | Ruslan Pak | Kazakhstan, South Korea, Uzbekistan |
| colspan="2"|Bilesuvar
| Elvin Adigozel | Azerbaijan, France |
| Butterfly on a Windowpane
| ऐना झ्यालको पुतली | Sujit Bidari | Nepal |
| colspan="2"|Chnchik
| Aram Shahbazyan | Armenia, Germany, Netherlands |
| Harami
| हरामी | Shyam Madiraju | India, United States |
| A Leave
| 휴가 | Lee Ran-hee | South Korea |
| Money Has Four Legs
| ခြေလေးချောင် | Maung Sun | Myanmar |
| Snowball
| 최선의 삶 | Lee Woo-jung | South Korea |
| Summer Blur
| 汉南夏日 | Han Shuai | China |
| scope="row" rowspan="11" align="center"|2021
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|Farewell, My Hometown{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|再见，乐园 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Wang Er Zhuo | bgcolor="FAEB86"|China |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| The Apartment with Two Women{{double-dagger}} | 같은 속옷을 입는 두 여자 | Kim Se-in | South Korea |
| The Absent Director
| در نبود کارگردان | Arvand Dashtaray | Iran |
| Asteroid
| سیارک | Mehdi Hosseinivand Aalipour | Iran |
| House of Time
| কালকোকখো | Rajdeep Paul, Sarmistha Maiti | India |
| Memoryland
| Miền ký ức | Kim Quy Bui | Vietnam, Germany |
| Missing
| さがす | Shinzo Katayama | Japan |
| colspan="2"| Pedro
| Natesh Hedge | India |
| Photocopier
| Penyalin Cahaya | Indonesia |
| Red Pomegranate
| қызыл анар | Sharipa Urazbayeva | Kazakhstan |
| Seire
| 세이레 | Kang Park | South Korea |
| scope="row" rowspan="10" align="center"|2022
| bgcolor="FAEB86"|A Wild Roomer{{double-dagger}} | bgcolor="FAEB86"|괴인 | bgcolor="FAEB86"|Lee Jeong-hong | bgcolor="FAEB86"|South Korea |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| colspan="2"|Shivamma{{double-dagger}} | Jaishankar Aryar | India |
| Ajoomma
| 아줌마 | He Shuming | Singapore, South Korea |
| Blue Again
| บลู อะเกน | Thapanee Loosuwan | Thailand |
| Long Live Hell
| 지옥만세 | Im Oh-jeong | South Korea |
| Memento Mori: Earth
| Memento Mori: Đất | Marcus Mạnh Cường Vũ | Vietnam |
| No End
| Bi payan | Nader Saeivar | Iran |
| colspan="2"| A Place of Silence
| Sam Quah | Malaysia |
| A Thousand and One Nights
| 千夜、一夜 | Nao Kubota | Japan |
| The Winter Within
| Maagh | India |
| scope="row" rowspan="11" align="center"|2023 |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| colspan=2|The Wrestler{{double-dagger}} | Iqbal Chowdhury | Bangladesh |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| September 1923{{double-dagger}} | 福田村事件 | Japan |
| After a Fever
| | Akira Yamamoto | Japan |
| Borrowed Time
| | Choi Ji | China |
| Heritage
| 부모 바보 | Lee Jong-soo | South Korea |
| Now, Oasis
| | Chia Chee Sum | Malaysia |
| Solids by the Seashore
| ทะเลของฉันมีคลื่นเล็กน้อยถึงปานกลาง | Patiparn Boontarig | Thailand |
| colspan=2|Spark
| Rajesh Zala | India |
| Stranger
| Agantuk | Biplop Sarkar | Bangladesh |
| That Summer Lie
| 그 여름날의 거짓말 | Son Hyeon-rok | South Korea |
| scope="row" rowspan="11" align="center"|2024{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2024/10/busan-new-currents-jiseok-awards-land-of-morning-calm-ma-cry-of-silence-1236113229/ |title=Korea’s ‘The Land Of Morning Calm’, Myanmar’s ‘MA Cry Of Silence’ Win New Currents Awards At Busan|first= Liz|last=Shackleton |date=October 10, 2024|access-date=October 11, 2024 |website= Deadline |language=en}} |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| The Land of Morning Calm | 아침바다 갈매기는 | Park Yi-woong | South Korea |
| bgcolor="FAEB86"
| Ma – Cry of Silence | | The Maw Nang | Myanmar, Korea, Singapore, France, Norway, Qatar |
| Able
| | Elzak Eskendir | Kazakhstan |
| As the River Goes By
| | Charles Hu | China |
| For Rana
| | Iman Yazadi | Iran |
| The Height of the Coconut Trees
| | Du Jie | Japan |
| Kaneko’s Commissar
| | Furukawa Go | Japan |
| Montages of a Modern Motherhood
| 虎毒不 | Hong Kong |
| Tale of the Land
| | Loeloe Hendra | Indonesia, Philippines, Qatar |
| Waterdrop
| 수연의 선율 | Choi Jong-yong | South Korea |
Notes
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References
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External links
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