| 1973 |
Illuminacja, Krzysztof Zanussi (Poland) |
| 1974 |
Tuzolto Utca 25 (25, rue des Sapeurs), Istvan Szabo (Hungary)
Commendation: 27 down Bombay-Varanasi, Awtar Kaul (India) |
| 1975 |
Noua, Abdelaziz Tolbi (Algeria) |
| 1976 |
Mirt sost shi amit (Harvest: 3000 Years), Haile Gerima (Ethiopia) |
| 1977 |
The Guest, Ross Devenish and Athol Fugard (South Africa) |
| 1978 |
No award |
| 1979 |
Les petites fugues, Yves Yersin (Switzerland) |
| 1980 |
Opname, Erik Van Zuylen and Marja Kok (Netherlands) |
| 1981 |
Chakra, Rabindra Dharmaraj (India) |
| 1982 |
Parti sans laisser d'adresse, Jacqueline Veuve (Switzerland) |
| 1983 |
Planeta Krawiec, Jerzy Domaradzki (Poland)
Ferestadeh, Parviz Sayyad (Iran) |
| 1984 |
The Terence Davies Trilogy, Terence Davies (UK)
Commendation: Tizano, Dominique Cassuto de Bonet and Salvador
Bonet (Venezuela) |
| 1985 |
Höhenfeuer, Fredi M. Murer (Switzerland)
Commendation: Huang tu di (Yellow Earth), Chen Kaige (China) |
| 1986 |
Lamb, Colin Gregg (UK) |
| 1987 |
With love to the person next to me, Brian McKenzie (Australia) |
| 1988 |
Family viewing, Atom Egoyan (Canada) |
| 1989 |
Dharmaga tonjoguro kan kkadalgun (Pourquoi Bodhi-Dharma
est-il parti vers l'Orient?), Yong-Kyun Bae (South Corea) |
| 1990 |
Hush-a-Bye Baby, Margo Harkin (Northern-Ireland) |
| 1991 |
Oblako-Ray (Nuage-paradis), Nikolai Dostal (URSS) |
| 1992 |
Sishi Buhuo (Family Portrait), Li Shaohong (China) |
| 1993 |
Bahji on the Beach, Gurinder Chadha (UK) |
| 1994 |
Ermo, Zhou Xiaowen (China) |
| 1995 |
Sept en attente, Françoise Etchegaray (France) |
| 1996 |
Miel et cendres, Nadia Fares (Switzerland) |
| 1997 |
Gadjo Dilo, Toni Gatlif (France) |
| 1998 |
Titanic Town, Roger Michell (UK/Ireland) |
| 1999 |
La vie ne me fait pas peur, Noémi Lvovsky (France/Switzerland) |
| 2000 |
Baba, Wong Shuao (China) |
| 2001 |
L’Afrance, Alain Gomis (France)
Commendation: Promises, Justine Shapiro, B.Z.Goldberg, Carlos
Boladeo (USA/Palestine/Israel) |
| 2002 |
La Cage, Alain Raoust (France) |
| 2003 |
Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters), Sabiha Sumar (Pakistan) |
| 2004 |
Yasmin, Kenny Glenaan (England/Germany)
Commendation: Private, Costanzo Saverio (Italy) |
| 2005 |
La Neuvaine, Bernard Émond (Canada)
Commendation: Fratricide, Yilmaz Arslan (Germany) |
| 2006 |
Agua, Verónica Chen (Argentina/France)
Commendation: Le dernier des fous (Demented), Laurent
Achard (France/Belgium) |
| 2007 |
La maison jaune/The Yellow House, Amor Hakkar (France/Algeria) |
| 2008 |
Mar Nero/Black Sea, Federico Bondi (Italy/Romania/France)
Commendation: Yuriev Den'/Yuri's Day, Kiryll Serebrennikov
(Russia) |
| 2009 |
Akadimia Platonos/Plato’s Academy, Filippos Tsitos (Greece/
Germany)
Commendation: Nothing Personal, Urszula Antoniak
(Netherlands) |
| 2010 |
Morgen, Marian Crisan (France/Romania/Hungary)
Commendations: Han Jia/Winter Vacation, Li Hongqi (China);
Karamay, Xu Xin (China) |
| 2011 |
Vol spécial, Fernand Melgar (Switzerland)
Commendations: Onder ons/Among Us, Marco van Geffen
(Netherlands); Abrir puertas y ventanas/Back to Stay,
Milagros Mumenthaler (Argentina/Switzerland) |
| 2012 |
Une Estonienne à Paris/A Lady in Paris, Ilmar Raag (France/
Estonia/Belgium)
Commendation: Der Glanz des Tages/The Shine of Day,
Tizza Covi and Rainer Frimmel (Austria) |
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