Los documentales seleccionados para conseguir una nominación a los Oscar son:
«Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry,» Never Sorry LLC
«Bully,» The Bully Project LLC
«Chasing Ice,» Exposure
«Detropia,» Loki Films
«Ethel,» Moxie Firecracker Films
«5 Broken Cameras,» Guy DVD Films
«The Gatekeepers,» Les Films du Poisson, Dror Moreh Productions, Cinephil
«The House I Live In,» Charlotte Street Films, LLC
«How to Survive a Plague,» How to Survive a Plague LLC
«The Imposter,» Imposter Pictures Ltd.
«The Invisible War,» Chain Camera Pictures
«Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God,» Jigsaw Productions in association with
Wider Film Projects and Below the Radar Films
«Searching for Sugar Man,» Red Box Films
«This Is Not a Film,» Wide Management
«The Waiting Room,» Open’hood, Inc.