| Save Ralph | Spencer Susser | United States |
| Borat Subsequent Moviefilm | Jason Woliner | United States |
| What We Do in the Shadows | Taika Waititi, Jemaine Clement | New Zealand |
| District 9 | Neill Blomkamp | South Africa, United States, New Zealand |
| Borat | Larry Charles | United Kingdom, United States |
| Zelig | Woody Allen | United States |
| Sargnagel – Der Film | Gerhard Ertl, Sabine Hiebler | Austria |
| 100 Ghost Street: The Return of Richard Speck | Martin Wichmann Andersen | United States |
| Chalk | Mike Akel | United States |
| Jimmywork | Simon Sauvé | Canada |
| Meteority | Pavel Klushantsev | Soviet Union |