AFA 2010 Winner
Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan)

Alter. Christopher Nolan (Inception), David Fincher (The Social Network), Kelly Reichardt (Meek's Cutoff), Roman Polanski (The Ghost Writer), David O. Russell (The Fighter).

AFA 2011 Winner
Terrence Malick (The Tree of Life)

Alter. Lars von Trier (Melancholia), Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive), Bertrand Bonello (L'Apollonide: Souvenirs de la maison close), Sean Durkin (Martha Marcy May Marlene), Steve MacQueen (Shame).

AFA 2012 Winner
Carlos Reygadas (Post Tenebras Lux)

Alter. Harmony Korine (Spring Breakers), Quentin Tarantino (Django Unchained), Kathryn Bigelow (Zero Dark Thirty), Miguel Gomes (Tabu), David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook).

AFA 2013 Winner
Alfonso Cuarón (Gravity)

Alter. Kar-Wai Wong (Yi dai zong shi), Ridley Scott (The Counselor), Abdellatif Kechiche (La Vie d'Adèle – Chapitres 1 & 2), Paolo Sorrentino (La grande bellezza), Park Hoon Jung (Sin-se-gae).

AFA 2014 Winner
Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman)

Alter. Paul Thomas Anderson (Inherent Vice), J.C. Chandor (A Most Violent Year), Jean-Marc Vallée (Wild), Lisandro Alonso (Jauja), David Robert Mitchell (It Follows).