| Year | Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
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| 2007 | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Jeon Do-yeon | Secret Sunshine | 밀양, Miryang |
| China}} {{flagicon|United States}} Joan Chen | The Home Song Stories |
| Egypt}} Hanan Tork | Cut and Paste | Ass Wa Lazq |
| Lebanon}} Nadine Labaki, Yasmine Al Masri, Joanna Moukarzel, Gisele Aouad, Asiza Semaan and Siham Haddad | Caramel | سكر بنات |
| Iran}} Baran Kosari | Mainline | Khoon bazi |
| 2008 | {{flagicon|Israel}} Hiam Abbass | Lemon Tree | עץ לימון, Etz Limon |
| Russia}} Nesipkul Omarbekova | Native Dancers | Baksy |
| China}} Miao Pu | Cherries | Ying Tao |
| Russia}} Daria Moroz | Live and Remember | Zhivi I Phomni] |
| Japan}} Akie Namiki | United red Army | 実録・連合赤軍 あさま山荘への道程 Jitsuroku Rengōsekigun Asama-Sansō e no Dōtei |
| 2009 | {{flagicon|Korea}} Kim Hye-ja | Mother | 마더, Madeo |
| China}} Zhou Xun | The Equation of Love and Death | 李米的猜想 |
| Russia}} Yana Troyanova | Wolfy | VOLCHOK |
| Sri Lanka}} Malani Fonseka | Flowers of the Sky | Akasa Kusum |
| Iran}} Golshifteh Farahani | About Elly | درباره الی, Darbâreye Eli |
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| Winner and nominees | English title | Original title |
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| 2010 | {{flagicon|South Korea}} Yoon Jeong-hee | Poetry | Si |
| China}} Yu Nan | Weaving Girl | Fang Zhi Gu Niang |
| China}} Xu Fan | Aftershock | 唐山大地震 |
| India}} Tejaswini Pandit, | I Am Sindhutai Sapkal | मी सिंधुताई सपकाळ , Mee Sindhutai Sapkal |
| Korea}} Seo Woo | Paju | 파주 |
| 2011 | {{flagicon|Russia}} Nadezhda Markina | Elena | Елена |
| Iran}} Leyla Zareh | Goodbye | به امید دیدار,, Be omid e didar |
| Egypt}} Nahed El Sebai | Cairo 678 |
| Iran}} Shayesteh Irani | Facing Mirrors | Aynehaye Rooberoo |
| Australia}} Judy Davis | The Eye of the Storm |
| 2012 | {{flagicon|Philippines}} Nora Aunor | Thy Womb | Sinapupunan |
| Pakistan}} Humaima Malick | Bol | بول, |
| Russia}} Darya Ekamasova | Once Upon a Time There Lived a Simple Woman | Жила-была одна баба; Zhila-byla odna baba |
| Korea}} Jo Min-su | Pieta | 피에타 |
| India}} Vidya Balan | The Dirty Picture |
| 2013 | {{flagicon|China}} Zhang Ziyi | The Grandmaster | Yi dai zong shi |
| Turkey}} Ayça Damgaci | Yozgat Blues - |
| Iran}} Golshifteh Farahani | My Sweet Pepper Land |
| New Zealand}} Whirimako Black | White Lies |
| Iran}} Negar Javaherian | Painting Pool | حوض نقاشی, Hoze Naghashi |
| 2014 | {{flagicon|China}} Lü Zhong | Red Amnesia | 闖入者, Chuǎngrù zhě |
| Philippines}} Nora Aunor | Justice | Hustisya |
| Israel}} Ronit Elkabetz | The Trial of Viviane Amsalem | גט - המשפט של ויויאן אמסאלם |
| China}} Tang Wei | The Golden Era | 黄金时代 |
| Iran}} Merila Zarei | Track 143 |
| 2015 | {{flagicon|Japan}} Kirin Kiki | Sweet Bean | あん, An |
| Iran}} Fatemeh Motamed-Arya | Bahman | بهمن, |
| Philippines}} Sharmaine Buencamino | Lorna |
| Russia}} Evgeniya Mandzhieva | The Gulls | Чайки, Chaiki |
| Korea}} Lee Yeong-lan | End of winter | 철원기행 (cheol-won-gi-haeng) |
| 2016 | {{flagicon|Philippines}} Hasmine Kilip | Ordinary People | Pamilya Ordinaryo' |
| Korea}} Youn Yuh-jung | The Bacchus Lady | 죽여주는 여자 |
| Russia}} Agripina Steklova | Insight |
| Russia}} Natalia Pavlenko | Zoologiy | Zoologiya |
| Turkey}} Aslıhan Gürbüz | Ember | Zor |
| 2017 | {{Flagicon|Georgia}} Nata Murvanidze | Scary Mother | Sashishi Deda' |
| Indonesia}} Cut Mini | Emma' (Mother) | Athirah |
| Turkey}} Ecem Uzun | Clair Obscur | Tereddüt |
| Republic of Korea}} Na Moon-hee | I Can Speak |
| China}} Zhou Xun | Our Time Will Come | 明月幾時有 |
| 2018 | {{Flagicon|People's Republic of China}} Zhao Tao | Ash is Purest White | 江湖儿女' |
| Kazakhstan}} Samal Yeslyamova | Ayka |
| United States}} Rooney Mara | Mary Magdalene |
| Turkey}} Damla Sönmez | Sibel |
| Kazakhstan}} Laura Koroleva | Sveta |
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