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! style="background:#EEDD82" | Dokumenter Terbaik – Fitur

! style="background:#EEDD82" | Dokumenter Terbaik – Subyek Pendek

Undefeated – TJ Martin, Dan Lindsay, dan Richard Middlemas Hell and Back Again – Danfung Dennis dan Mike Lerner

If a Tree Falls: A Story of the Earth Liberation Front – Marshall Curry dan Sam Cullman

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory – Joe Berlinger dan Bruce Sinofsky

Pina – Wim Wenders dan Gian-Piero Ringel

Saving Face – Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy dan Daniel Junge The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement – Robin Fryday dan Gail Dolgin

God Is the Bigger Elvis – Rebecca Cammisa dan Julie Anderson

Incident in New Baghdad – James Spione

The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom – Lucy Walker dan Kira Carstensen