Winners and Nominees
2000s
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 |  Erkan Can |
Takva: A Man's Fear of God | Takva, |
 Mehrdad Seddiqian |
The Night Bus | : اتوبوس شب / Otobus-e Shab | |
 Ryu Deok-hwan |
Like a Virgin | 천하장사 마돈나; / Cheonhajangsa Madonna | |
 Evgeniy Antropov |
Hard Hearted | Kremen | |
 Sasson Gabai |
The Band's Visit | ביקור התזמורת / Bikur Ha-Tizmoret | |
| 2008 | Reza Naji |
The Song of Sparrows | آواز گنجشکها, Âvâz-e gonjeshk-hâ |
 Rajat Kapoor |
The Prisoner | Siddharth: The Prisoner | |
 Simon Yam |
Sparrow | 文雀 / Man Jeuk | |
| Kim Yoon-seok |
The Chaser | 추격자; / Chugyeokja | |
| Alireza Aghakhani |
Before the Burial | Tanha Do Dar Zendegui Mikonim | |
| 2009 |  Masahiro Motoki |
Departures | おくりびと, Okuribito |
 Ge You |
If You Are the One | 非诚勿扰 / Fei Cheng Wu Rao | |
| Naseeruddin Shah |
A Wednesday | A Wednesday! | |
 Mohammad Bakri |
Laila's Birthday | Eid milad Laila | |
| Yang Ik-june |
Breathless | 똥파리; / Ddongpari, |
2010s
| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Chen Daoming |
Aftershock | 唐山大地震 / Tángshān Dà Dìzhèn, |
| Atul Kulkarni |
Natarang | नटरंग | |
| Sergei Puskepalis |
How I Ended This Summer | Как я провёл этим летом,/ Kak ya provyol etim letom | |
 Tony Barry |
Home by Christmas | ||
| Mark Ivanir |
The Human Resources Manager | שליחותו של הממונה על משאבי אנוש,/ Shliḥuto shel Ha'Memuneh al Mash'abey | |
| 2011 | Jiang Zhangke |
Mr. Tree | Hello! Shu Xian Sheng, |
| Peyman Moaadi |
A Separation | جدایی نادر از سیمین / odaí-e Nadér az Simín | |
| Daniel Connors |
Toomelah | ||
  Fa'afiaula Sagote |
The Orator | O Le Tulafale | |
| Sasson Gabai |
Restoration | בוקר טוב אדון פידלמן / Boker Tov, Adon Fidelman | |
| 2012 | Choi Min-sik |
Nameless Gangster: Rules of the Time | 범죄와의 전쟁 , Bumchoiwaui Junjaeng |
| Manoj Bajpai |
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 | Gangs of वासेपुर | |
 Tamer Levent |
Beyond the Hill | Tepenin Ardi | |
| Wu Tianming |
Full Circle | ||
| Lior Ashkenazi |
Footnote | הערת שוליים / He'arat Shulayim, | |
| 2013 | Lee Byung-hun |
Masquerade | 광해: 왕이 된 남자, Gwanghae: Wang-i Doen Namja |
| Tatsuya Nakadai |
The Japanese Tragedy | Nihon no higeki | |
| Aaron Pedersen |
Mystery Road | ||
| Adam Bakri |
Omar | عمر | |
 Yerbolat Toguzakov |
The Old Man | Шал,/ Shal, | |
| 2014 | Cliff Curtis |
The Dark Horse | |
| Liao Fan |
Black Coal, Thin Ice | 白日焰火 / Bai Ri Yan Huoi | |
 Mahendra Perera |
28 | ||
| David Gulpilil |
Charlie's Country | عمر | |
| Navid Mohammadzadeh |
I'm Not Angry! | عصبانی نیستم, / Asabani Nistam!l, | |
| 2015 | Jung Jaeyong |
Right Now, Wrong Then | 지금은맞고그때는틀리다 / Jigeumeun-matgo-geuttaeneun-tteullida |
| Reef Ireland
|
Downriver | ||
| Aleksei Guskov
|
The Find | Nakhodka | |
 Misha Gomiashvili
|
The President | ||
| Shide Nyima
|
Tharlo | ||
| 2016 | Manoj Bajpayee[1]
|
Aligarh | |
| Nawazuddin Siddiqui
|
Psycho Raman | Raman Raghav 2.0 | |
| Farhad Aslani
|
Daughter | Dokhtar | |
 Dev Patel
|
Lion | ||
 Song Kang-ho
|
The Throne | 사도 / Sado | |
| 2017 | Rajkummar Rao
|
Newton | |
 Paolo Ballesteros
|
Die Beautiful | ||
| Navid Mohammadzadeh
|
No Date, No Signature | Bedoune Tarikh, Bedoune Emza | |
| Koji Yakusho
|
The Third Murder | Sandome no Satsujin | |
| Mohammad Bakri
|
Wajib | Duty | |
| 2018 | Nawazuddin Siddiqui
|
Manto | |
 Zain Al Rafeea
|
Capharnaüm | ||
 Karim Mirkhadiyev
|
Fortitude | ||
 Akylbek Abdykalykov
|
Night Accident | ||
| Bahman Farmanara
|
Tale of the Sea | ||
| 2019 | Manoj Bajpayee
|
Bhonsle | |
 Eran Naim
|
Love Trilogy: Chained | שלי טרילוגיה על אהבה: עיניים | |
| Navid Mohammadzadeh
|
Just 6.5 | ||
 Mohsen Tanabandeh
|
Rona, Azim's Mother | ||
| Wang Jingchun
|
So Long, My Son | 地久天长 |