- 20 Feet From Stardom- directed by Morgan Neville
- The Act of Killing- directed by Joshua Oppenheimer
- The Armstrong Lie- directed by Alex Gibney
- Blackfish- directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite
- The Crash Reel- directed by Lucy Walker
- Cutie & the Boxer- directed by Zachary Heinzerling
- Dirty Wars- directed by Rick Rowley
- First Cousin Once Removed- directed by Alan Berliner
- God Loves Uganda- directed by Roger Ross Williams
- Life According to Sam- directed by Sean Fine & Andrea Nix
- Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer- directed by Mike Lerner & Maxim Pozdorovkin
- The Square- directed by Jehane Noujaim
- Stories We Tell- directed by Sarah Polley
- Tim's Vermeer- directed by Teller
- Which Way Is the Front Line From Here? The Life & Time of Tim Hetherington- directed by Sebastian Junger
