| Pistoletto | — | Italy |
| Rocks at Whiskey Trench | Alanis Obomsawin | Canada |
| The Books and the Night | Tristán Bauer | Spain, Argentina |
| The Eyes of Tammy Faye | Fenton Bailey | United States |
| The Original Kings of Comedy | Spike Lee | United States |
| Working Women of the World | Marie-France Collard | France, Belgium |
| Belfast, Maine | Frederick Wiseman | United States |
| Beyond the Mat | Barry W. Blaustein | United States |
| Buena Vista Social Club | Wim Wenders | France, United Kingdom, Germany, United States |
| Deep Inside Clint Star | Clint Alberta | Canada |
| Forest Alert | Richard Desjardins, Robert Monderie | Canada |
| Kanata: legacy of the children of Aataentsic | René Siouï Labelle | Canada |
| La Commission de la vérité | André Van In | France, Belgium |
| On the Road to Timbuktu: Explorers in Africa | Jean-Claude Lubtchansky | France |
| Pripyat | Nikolaus Geyrhalter | Austria |
| A Secret Buried for 50 Years: A Story of Taiwanese Comfort Women | Yang Chia-Yun | Taiwan |
| Exile in Sarajevo | Alma Sahbaz, Tahir Cambis | Australia |
| Once Upon a Time in Mesopotamia | Jean-Claude Lubtchansky | France |
| The Doors Are Open | — | United Kingdom |
| The right to be different | Claudio Cipelletti | Italy |
| Batas Militar | — | Philippines |
| Calling the Ghosts | Mandy Jacobson, Karmen Jelincic | United States |
| Curzio Malaparte | Jean-Paul Fargier | France |
| For those eyes | Gonzalo Arijón, Virginia Martínez | Uruguay |
| Four Women of Egypt | Tahani Rached | Canada |
| Made in Hong Kong (1997) | Luc Schaedler | Switzerland |
| Shaman | Lennart Meri | Estonia |
| Griša | Jüri Sillart | Estonia |
| Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse | Deborah Dickson, Anne Belle | United States |
| Edward J. Steichen | Claude Waringo | France, Belgium, Luxembourg |
| Laxwesa Wa - Strength of the River | Barbara Cranmer | Canada |
| Muktir Gaan | Catherine Masud, Tareque Masud | Bangladesh |
| Never Give Up: The 20th Century Odyssey of Herbert Zipper | Terry Sanders | United States |
| Conversations with Vincent | Tim Burton | United States |
| Relics: Einstein's Brain | — | United Kingdom |
| The Goddess Bunny | Nick Bougas | United States |
| Yo Picasso | Sharon Maguire | United Kingdom |
| Blue | Derek Jarman | United Kingdom |
| Burn Baby Burn: Riots and Violence in the Modern World | Nick Bougas | United States |
| Diario napoletano | Francesco Rosi | Italy |
| John Ford | Andrew Eaton | United Kingdom, United States |
| The Restless Conscience: Resistance to Hitler Within Germany 1933-1945 | Hava Kohav Beller | United States |
| Crimes and Passions - The Scar | Mireille Dumas | France |
| Dostoevsky's Travels | Paweł Pawlikowski | United Kingdom |
| Thank You and Good Night | Jan Oxenberg | United Kingdom, United States |
| Au chic resto pop | Tahani Rached | Canada |
| Rose Kennedy: A Life to Remember | Terry Sanders | United States |
| Step Across the Border | Nicolas Humbert, Werner Penzel | Germany, Switzerland |