| Pinocchio | André-Line Beauparlant | Canada |
| România: patru patrii | Alexandru Solomon | Romania |
| Song of the Reed | — | Taiwan |
| The Amina Profile | Sophie Deraspe | Canada |
| They Deserve and Apology | — | United States |
| Astrid | Kristina Lindström | Sweden |
| Barcelona, the Rose of Fire | Manuel Huerga | Spain |
| Collector | Mati Põldre | Estonia |
| Flames of War: The Fighting Has Just Begun | — | Islamic State |
| How I Saved Africa | Kullar Viimne | Estonia |
| Island & Flight | Dan Popa | Canada |
| Miron: a man returned from outside the world | Simon Beaulieu | Canada |
| Solid Ground | Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette, Émile Proulx-Cloutier | Canada |
| The Mystery of Dante | Louis Nero | France, United States, Italy |
| Krasna Malanka | Dmytro Sukholytkyy-Sobchuk | Ukraine |
| L'Enfance Deracinée (Uprooted Generation) | Real Junior LeBlanc | Canada |
| Once Upon a Forest | Luc Jacquet | France |
| Orangerie | Benoît Majerus, Anne Schiltz | Luxembourg |
| Orensanz | Rocío Mesa | Spain |
| Salinger | Shane Salerno | United States |
| The Longest Kiss | Alexandra Sicotte-Levesque | Canada |
| Viru – Oratorio to a Building | Taru Mäkelä | Estonia, Finland |
| Blocus 138 | Real Junior LeBlanc | Canada |
| Common Ground | Anne Schiltz, Charlotte Grégoire | Luxembourg |
| Documentarian | Ivars Zviedris, Inese Kļava | Latvia |
| It Is No Dream | Richard Trank | United States |
| Koch Brothers Exposed | Robert Greenwald | United States |
| Minecraft: The Story of Mojang | Paul Owens | United States |
| Saving Face | Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Daniel Junge | United States, Pakistan |
| Taxi pour deux | Dan Popa | Canada |
| Terramatta | Costanza Quatriglio | Italy |
| The Central Park Five | Sarah Burns, Ken Burns | United States |
| The Imposter | Bart Layton | United Kingdom, United States |
| West of Memphis | Amy J. Berg | United States |
| Évocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie | Seth Kramer, Daniel A. Miller, Jeremy Newberger | United States |
| 778 - La Chanson de Roland | Olivier van der Zee | Spain |
| Bertsolari | Asier Altuna | Spain |
| Bobby Fischer Against the World | Liz Garbus | United States |
| East End Forever | Carole Laganière | Canada |
| High/Low | Jean-Louis Schuller, Sam Blair | Luxembourg |
| Jig | Sue Bourne | United Kingdom |
| Magic Trip | Alex Gibney | United States |
| Planète Yoga | Carlos Ferrand | Canada |
| Splinters | Viktor Aslyuk | Belarus |
| Step up to the Plate | Paul Lacoste | France |
| All Night Long | Isaki Lacuesta | Spain |
| Draquila – L'Italia che trema | Sabina Guzzanti | Italy |
| Earth Madness | Luc Moullet | France |