European countries

Armenia: In the Land of Arto, Tamara Stepanyan (France/Armenia)

Austria: Rose, Markus Schleinzer (Austria/Germany)

Belgium: Coward, Lukas Dhont (Belgium/France/Netherlands)

Bulgaria: The Dreamed Adventure, Valeska Grisebach (Germany/France/Bulgaria/Austria)

Croatia: God Will Not Help, Hana Jušić (Croatia/Italy/Romania/Greece/France/Slovenia)

Czech Republic: If Pigeons Turned to Gold, Pepa Lubojacki (Czech Republic/Slovakia)

Cyprus: Hold Onto Me, Myrsini Aristidou (Cyprus/Denmark/Greece)

Estonia: Our Erika, German Golub (Lithuania/Estonia/Latvia)

Finland: The Squirrel, Markus Lehmusruusu (Finland/Germany/Netherlands/Sweden)

France: Minotaur, Andrey Zvyagintsev (France/Latvia/Germany)

Georgia: Guria, Levan Koguashvili (Georgia/Switzerland/Luxembourg/Bulgaria/Turkey/Norway/Saudi Arabia)

Germany: Everytime, Sandra Wollner (Austria/Germany)

Greece: Broken Vein, Yannis Economides (Greece/Cyprus)

Hungary: Silent Friend, Ildikó Enyedi (Germany/France/Hungary)

Iceland: The Ground Beneath Our Feet, Yrsa Roca Fannberg (Iceland/Poland)

Ireland: Aontas, Damian McCann (Ireland)

Kosovo: Dua, Blerta Basholli (Kosovo/Switzerland/France)

Latvia: Ulya, Viesturs Kairišs (Latvia/Estonia/Poland)

Lithuania: How to Divorce During the War, Andrius Blazevicius (Lithuania/Czech Republic/Luxembourg/Ireland)

Luxembourg: Child, Cyrus Neshvad (Luxembourg)

Netherlands: Paikar, Dawood Hilmandi (Afghanistan/Netherlands)

North Macedonia: 17, Kosara Mitić (North Macedonia/Serbia/Slovenia)

Norway: Growth of the Soil, Hans Petter Moland (Norway/Denmark/Germany)

Portugal: The Scent of Things Remembered, António Ferreira (Portugal/Brazil)

Romania: Fjord, Cristian Mungiu (Romania/France/Norway/Denmark/Sweden)

Serbia: Wanderlust, Nenad Pavlović (Serbia)

Slovakia: Flood, Martin Gonda (Slovakia/Poland/Czech Republic/Belgium)

Slovenia: Fantasy, Kukla (Slovenia/North Macedonia)

Spain: La bola negra, Javier Ambrossi & Javier Calvo (Spain/France)

Sweden: Adult Supervision, Alex Schulman (Sweden)

Switzerland: Who Is Still Alive, Nicolas Wadimoff (Switzerland/France/Palestine)

Ukraine: Traces, Alisa Kovalenko, Marysia Nikitiuk (Ukraine/Poland)

Non-European countries, with European production

Canada: Nina Roza, Geneviève Dulude-De Celles (Canada/Italy/Bulgaria/Belgium)

Chad: Soumsoum, The Night of the Stars, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun (France/Chad)

Chile: The Meltdown, Manuela Martelli (Chile/USA/Spain/Mexico)

Colombia: Rains over Babel, Gala del Sol (Colombia/USA/Spain)

Ecuador: The Ivy, Ana Cristina Barragán (Ecuador/Mexico/France/Spain)

Indonesia: Four Seasons in Java, Kamila Andini (Indonesia/France/Netherlands/Norway/Poland/Saudi Arabia/Singapore)

Iraq: No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman, Halkawt Mustafa (Norway/United Arab Emirates/Sweden/Iraq)

Japan: All of a Sudden, Ryusuke Hamaguchi (France/Japan/Germany/Belgium)

Morocco: Strawberries, Laïla Marrakchi (France/Spain/Morocco/Belgium)

Nepal: Elephants in the Fog, Abinash Bikram Shah (Nepal/France/Germany/Brazil/Norway)

Palestine: Citizen Osama, Ahmed Hassouna (France/Palestine)

Paraguay: Narciso, Marcelo Martinessi (Paraguay/Germany/Uruguay/Brazil/Portugal/Spain/France)

Peru: Night Has Come, Paolo Tizón (Peru/Spain/Mexico)

Philippines: Filipiñana, Rafael Manuel (Singapore/UK/Philippines/France/Netherlands)

Thailand: 9 Temples to Heaven, Sompot Chidgasornpongse (Thailand/Singapore/France/Norway/China/Hong Kong/Indonesia)

Uruguay: A Loose End, Daniel Hendler (Uruguay/Argentina/Spain)

Films qualified at film festivals

Berlinale: Yellow Letters, Ilker Çatak (Germany/France/Turkey)

Cannes: Fjord, Cristian Mungiu (Romania/France/Norway/Denmark/Sweden)

Sundance: Shame and Money, Visar Morina (Germany/Kosovo/Slovenia/Albania/North Macedonia/Belgium)

Venice: Woman Unknown, May el-Toukhy (Denmark/Sweden/Latvia)