Individual Ballots
Over 300 people from across the documentary field voted on our Greatest Docs of the 21st Century poll. Each participant was asked to submit an unranked list of up to three documentary projects they felt fit that description; the only criterion was their release date (all had to have been released past January 1, 2000).
Below you’ll find a selection of ballots from those who allowed their choices to be made public.
Table of Contents
Individual Ballots in Alphabetical Order
Jonathan Ali, curator and programmer
Manakamana, Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez, 2013
The Image You Missed, Dónal Foreman, 2018
Nowhere Near, Miko Revereza, 2023
Rose Arce, filmmaker
The Sentence, Rudy Valdez, 2018
The Perfect Neighbor, Geeta Gandbhir, 2025
The Eternal Memory, Maite Alberti, 2023
Robert Arkwright, filmmaker
An Inconvenient Truth, Davis Guggenheim, 2006
Citizenfour, Laura Poitras, 2014
Waltz With Bashir, Ari Folman, 2008
Rodney Ascher, filmmaker
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
The Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel, Jenny Nicholson, 2024
The Pain of Others, Penny Lane, 2018
Sil Azevedo, filmmaker
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Welcome to Chechnya, David France, 2020
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, Anna Hints, 2023
Katherine Bange
Minding the Gap, Bing Liu, 2018
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Procession, Robert Greene, 2021
Ted Barron, programmer/professor
Los Angeles Plays Itself, Thom Andersen, 2004
This is Not a Film, Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, 2011
Pictures of Ghosts, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Arta Barzanji, critic, filmmaker, and curator
Change Nothing, Pedro Costa, 2009
The Image Book, Jean-Luc Godard, 2018
Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?, Pedro Costa, 2001
Ryan Beaupit, critic
Minding the Gap, Bing Liu, 2018
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore, 2002
John J. Belsha Jr., critic
Time, Garrett Bradley, 2020
Four Daughters, Kaouther Ben Hania, 2023
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, Jonas Mekas, 2000
Ross Bengel
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
Nostalgia for the Light, Patricio Guzmán, 2010
Inside Job, Charles Ferguson, 2010
John Bernstein
Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore, 2002
The Truffle Hunters, Michael Dweck and Gregory Kershaw, 2020
Soundbreaking: Stories from the Cutting Edge of Recorded Music, Jeff Dupre and Maro Chermayeff, 2016
Sébastien Bertrand
Faces Places, Agnés Varda, 2017
Icarus, Bryan Fogel, 2017
Finding Vivian Maier, John Mallory and Charlie Siskel, 2013
Manuel Betancourt, critic
Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley, 2012
Shirkers, Sandi Tan, 2018
Tempestad, Tatiana Huezo, 2016
Alexandra Blaney, producer
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
War/Dance, Sean Fine and Andrea Nix Fine, 2007
Cartel Land, Matthew Heineman, 2015
Doug Block, filmmaker
Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley, 2012
Man on Wire, James Marsh, 2008
51 Birch Street, Doug Block, 2005
Chris Boeckmann
Mimi, Claire Simon, 2003
Running Stumbled, John Maringouin, 2006
De Humani Corporis Fabrica, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, 2022
Assia Boundaoui
Exterminate All the Brutes, Raoul Peck, 2021
Ghosts of Sugarland, Bassam Tariq, 2019
Talking About Trees, Suhaib Gasmelbari, 2019
Nick Bradshaw, critic
The Gleaners And I, Agnés Varda, 2000
Los Angeles Plays Itself, Thom Andersen, 2004
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Eugen Braeunig, filmmaker
Fire of Love, Sara Dosa, 2022
Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore, 2002
Minding the Gap, Bing Liu, 2018
Yoni Brook, filmmaker
The Inner Tour, Ra'anan Alexandrowicz, 2001
Two Towns of Jasper, Marco Williams and Whitney Dow, 2002
Lift, Marc Isaacs, 2001
Ethan Brown, producer, editor, investigative reporter, author
Bodyguard of Lies, Dan Krauss, 2025
Jonestown: Life and Death of The People's Temple, Stanley Nelson Jr., 2006
How to Survive a Plague, David France, 2012
Luca Bruno, filmmaker
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Welcome to Chechnya, David France, 2020
Free Solo, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, 2018
Natalie Bullock Brown, filmmaker
A Mother Apart, Laurie Townshend, 2024
Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes, Byron Hurt, 2006
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners, Shola Lynch, 2012
Hansen Bursic, filmmaker and journalist
North By Current, Angelo Madsen Minax, 2021
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Flee, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 2021
Sheila Canavan, filmmaker
Inside Job, Charles Ferguson, 2010
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
My Octopus Teacher, Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, 2020
Luca Capponi, film journalist
Tahrir: Liberation Square, Stefano Savona, 2011
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
No Bears, Jafar Panahi, 2022
Forrest Cardamenis, critic
La Commune (Paris, 1871), Peter Watkins, 2000
Leviathan, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, 2012
Lá-bas, Chantal Akerman, 2006
Darianna Cardilli, filmmaker and editor
Manda Bala (Send a Bullet), Jason Kohn, 2007
Capturing the Friedmans, Andrew Jarecki, 2003
Holly Carter, filmmaker
Films BYkids, Various Directors, 2016-2023
The Alabama Solution, Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman, 2025
The Nutcracker at Westerfield, Anne Sundberg, 2025
Chris Cassingham, critic
The Gleaners And I, Agnés Varda, 2000
Sweetgrass, Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor, 2009
Ten Skies, James Benning, 2004
Rodolfo Castillo-Morales, filmmaker, curator and programmer
The Three Rooms of Melancholia, Pirjo Honkasalo, 2003
Devil's Freedom, Everardo González, 2017
Elena, Petra Costa, 2012
Perri Chasin, professor, former writer/producer
Man on Wire, James Marsh, 2008
The Invisible War, Kirby Dick, 2012
Navalny, Daniel Roher, 2022
Sonya Childress
Songs From the Hole, Contessa Gayles, 2024
Bus 174, José Padilha and Felipe Lacerda, 2002
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
Edo Choi, critic and curator
In Vanda's Room, Pedro Costa, 2000
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, Wang Bing, 2002
The Last of the Unjust, Claude Lanzmann, 2013
Maya Chupkov
Blackfish, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, 2013
Hale County This Morning This Evening, RaMell Ross, 2018
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions, Kahlil Joseph, 2025
Karen Cirillo, cultural writer and curator
Manakamana, Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez, 2013
Burma VJ, Anders Østergaard, 2008
Four Daughters, Kaouther Ben Hania, 2023
Williams Cole, filmmaker and critic
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
Darwin's Nightmare, Hubert Sauper, 2004
Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore, 2002
Catalina Combs, film enthusiast
Summer of Soul, Questlove, 2021
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
Copa 71, Rachel Ramsay, James Erskine, 2024
Bernie Cook, professor and filmmaker
Hale County This Morning This Evening, RaMell Ross, 2018
Cameraperson, Kirsten Johnson, 2016
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Carol Cribbs
Collective, Alexander Nanau, 2019
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
20 Days in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov, 2023
Melissa D'Lando, grants manager
Man on Wire, James Marsh, 2008
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, Johan Grimonprez, 2024
Dawson City: Frozen Time, Bill Morrison, 2016
Kevin Dando, documentary fan
Secret Mall Apartment, Jeremy Workman, 2024
The Inventor: Out for Blood In Silicon Valley, Alex Gibney, 2019
20 Days in Mariupol, Mstyslav Chernov, 2023
Josh Davidsburg, filmmaker
Boys State, Amanda McBaine and Jesse Moss, 2020
Minding the Gap, Bing Liu, 2018
Dick Johnson is Dead, Kirsten Johnson, 2020
Laetitia Della Bianca, researcher
Fire of Love, Sara Dosa, 2022
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, Johan Grimonprez, 2024
Futura, Pietro Marcell and Francesco Munzi and Alice Rohrwacher, 2021
Samantha de Manbey, filmmaker
The Missing Picture, Rithy Pahn, 2013
Citizenfour, Laura Poitras, 2014
The Up Series, Michael Apted, 2005-2019
Juan Devis, filmmaker
Occupied City, Steve McQueen, 2023
Manda Bala (Send a Bullet), Jason Kohn, 2007
The Cove, Louie Psihoyos, 2009
Samuel Döring, filmmaker
The Gleaners And I, Agnés Varda, 2000
Queendom, Agniia Galdanova, 2023
Anhell69, Theo Montoya, 2022
Sahar Driver, impact producer
Songs From the Hole, Contessa Gayles, 2024
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
Listen to the Voices, Maxime Jean-Baptiste, 2025
Denny Dugally, filmmaker, producer, and production designer
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
Planet Earth, Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield, 2006
No Other Land, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, 2024
David Earnhardt, filmmaker
Citizenfour, Laura Poitras, 2014
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Procession, Robert Greene, 2021
Rachel Edelman
Navalny, Daniel Roher, 2022
Minding the Gap, Bing Liu, 2018
Man on Wire, James Marsh, 2008
Elodie Edjang, filmmaker
LoveTrue, Alma Har'el, 2016
Shirkers, Sandi Tan, 2018
True Life, MTV, 1998-2017
Hugo Emmerzael, critic and programmer
Bitter Lake, Adam Curtis, 2015
Leviathan, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, 2012
Los Angeles Plays Itself, Thom Andersen, 2004
Joseph Erikson, filmmaker
Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore, 2002
HyperNormalisation, Adam Curtis, 2016
The Story of Film: An Odyssey, Mark Cousins, 2011
Rodney Evans, filmmaker and professor
Time, Garrett Bradley, 2020
Hale County This Morning This Evening, RaMell Ross, 2018
The Arbor, Clio Barnard, 2010
Lena Faeskorn
Spermworld, Lance Oppenheim, 2024
Cameraperson, Kirsten Johnson, 2016
Lift, Marc Isaacs, 2001
Maura Fallon, critic
Traslados, Nicolás Gil Lavedra, 2024
Summer of Soul, Questlove, 2021
America, Garrett Bradley, 2019
Todd Felderstein
20 Feet from Stardom, Morgan Neville, 2013
It Might Get Loud, Davis Guggenheim, 2009
Amy, Asif Kapadia, 2015
Conor Fetting-Smith, filmmaker
Hale County This Morning This Evening, RaMell Ross, 2018
Wild Combination: A Portrait of Arthur Russell, Matt Wolf, 2008
Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley, 2012
Robert Fink, filmmaker
Capturing the Friedmans, Andrew Jarecki, 2003
Citizenfour, Laura Poitras, 2014
Faces Places, Agnés Varda, 2017
Alec Fischer, emerging documentary filmmaker
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, Kurt Kuenne, 2008
Ascension, Jessica Kingdon, 2021
Fahrenheit 9/11, Michael Moore, 2004
Scott French, writer
Anhell69, Theo Montoya, 2022
All These Sleepless Nights, Michal Marczak, 2016
Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley, 2012
Edward Frumkin, critic
Balloonfest, Nathan Truesdell, 2006
Concerned Student 1950, Adam Dietrich and Varun Bajaj and Kellan Marvin, 2016
De Humani Corporis Fabrica, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, 2022
Christine Fugate
Love + War, Elisabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, 2025
Fire of Love, Sara Dosa, 2022
Cameraperson, Kirsten Johnson, 2016
Michael Galinsky, filmmaker
Occupation: Dreamland, Ian Olds and Garrett Scott, 2005
Nikolai Galitzine, filmmaker
Untitled, Michael Glawogger and Monika Willi, 2017
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, Johan Grimonprez, 2024
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Ricardo Gallegos, film critic
All That Breathes, Shaunak Sen, 2022
No Other Land, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, 2024
Confessions of a Good Samaritan, Penny Lane, 2023
Marya E. Gates, critic and historian
Pina, Wim Wenders, 2011
No Other Land, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, 2024
Kokomo City, D. Smith, 2023
Neil Giordano, critic, teacher, filmmaker
Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley, 2012
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, Spike Lee, 2006
Minding the Gap, Bing Liu, 2018
Daniel Glassman
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
Leviathan, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, 2012
Ash Goh, filmmaker
The Mole Agent, Maite Alberdi, 2020
Mistress Dispeller, Elizabeth Lo, 2024
Cow, Andrea Arnold, 2021
Arlin Golden, filmworker
Domestic Violence, Frederick Wiseman, 2001
Hale County This Morning This Evening, RaMell Ross, 2018
California Dreams, Mike Ott, 2017
Grace Gordon
The Gleaners And I, Agnés Varda, 2000
Songbirds, Brian Hill, 2007
Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley, 2012
Carmen Gray, film programmer, journalist, and critic
Homeland: Iraq Year Zero, Abbas Fahdel, 2015
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Citizenfour, Laura Poitras, 2014
Robert Greene, audience member
Cameraperson, Kirsten Johnson, 2016
Time, Garrett Bradley, 2020
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Carmine Grimaldi, filmmaker and historian
Recollection, Kamal Aljafari, 2015
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, Wang Bing, 2002
Mobile Men, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2008
Victor Guimarães, critic and programmer
Playing, Eduardo Coutinho, 2007
Dead Souls, Wang Bing, 2018
There Will Be No More Night, Éléonore Weber, 2020
Nic Guttridge, documentary story consultant
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, Benjamin Ree, 2024
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
The Cave, Feras Fayyad, 2019
Joyce Guy, filmmaker
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
Man on Wire, James Marsh, 2008
Bobi Wine: The People's President, Moses Bwayo and Christopher Sharp, 2022
Sarah Haas, filmmaker
The Imposter, Bart Layton, 2012
This is Not a Film, Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, 2011
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
Deirdre Haj, producer and exhibitor
How to Survive a Plague, David France, 2012
The Trials of Daryll Hunt, Annie Sundberg and Ricki Stern, 2006
Hale County This Morning This Evening, RaMell Ross, 2018
Patrick Hamm, producer
When Two Worlds Collide, Heidi Brandenburg and Mathew Orwell, 2016
Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore, 2002
Sasha Han, film writer
Geographies of Solitude, Jacquelyn Mills, 2022
Postscript, Ryan Ferko and Parastoo Anoushahpour and Faraz Anoushahpour, 2024
Sementara, Joant Úbeda and Chew Chia Shao Min, 2020
Angel Harper
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
Mr. Soul!, Melissa Haizlip and Sam Pollard, 2018
13th, Ava DuVernay, 2016
Scarlett Harris, culture critic
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
I'll Be Gone in the Dark, Liz Garbu and Elizabeth Wolff and Myles Kane and Josh Koury, 2020
We Need to Talk About Cosby, W. Kamau Bell, 2022
Mark Jonathan Harris, filmmaker and professor
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
Dick Johnson is Dead, Kirsten Johnson, 2020
James Harvey, academic
Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley, 2012
This is Not a Film, Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, 2011
Democracies 2, Artur Żmijewski, 2015
Sarah Haufrect, journalist
Dick Johnson is Dead, Kirsten Johnson, 2020
63 Up, Michael Apted, 2019
Anvil! The Story of Anvil, Sacha Gervasi, 2008
NC Heikin, filmmaker
Kimjongilia, NC Heikin, 2009
Fire of Love, Sara Dosa, 2022
Summer of Soul, Questlove, 2021
Hanna Hemila, filmmaker
The Rescue, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, 2021
RBG, Betsy West and Julie Cohen, 2018
Paavo a Life in Five Courses, Hanna Hemila, 2010
Jerry Henry, documentary cinematographer
All That Breathes, Shaunak Sen, 2022
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
Exit Through the Gift Shop, Banksy, 2010
Steven Hoeksel, producer
My Undesirable Friends, Julia Loktev, 2024
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Laura Poitras, 2022
Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore, 2002
Tim Horsburgh, executive producer
Minding the Gap, Bing Liu, 2018
Nostalgia for the Light, Patricio Guzmán, 2010
Cameraperson, Kirsten Johnson, 2016
Dylan Huw, writer/artist
What Weakens the Flesh is the Flesh Itself, Steve Reinke and James Richards, 2017
24 City, Jia Zhangke, 2008
Last Things, Deborah Stratman, 2023
Annika Hylmo, filmmaker
The Tale of Silyan, Tamara Kotevska, 2025
Control Room, Jehane Noujaim, 2004
The Princess, Ed Perkins, 2022
Kelly Ireland
The Jinx, Andrew Jarecki, 2015
Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog, 2005
Searching for Sugar Man, Malik Bendjelloul, 2012
Adam Irving, filmmaker
The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, Seth Gordon, 2007
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
The Last Dance, Jason Hehir, 2020
Kirk Weston Jackson, filmmaker
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, Kurt Kuenne, 2008
Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus, Andrew Douglas, 2003
The Painter and the Thief, Benjamin Ree, 2020
Kurt Jacobsen, filmmaker
Inside Job, Charles Ferguson, 2010
Citizenfour, Laura Poitras, 2014
Best of Enemies, Robin Bissell, 2019
Ove Rishøj Jensen, documentary advisor
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Senna, Asif Kapadia, 2010
The Gleaners And I, Agnés Varda, 2000
Zachary Jeremiah, critic
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
Exit Through the Gift Shop, Banksy, 2010
Kirsten Johnson
Cameraperson, Kirsten Johnson, 2016
Dick Johnson is Dead, Kirsten Johnson, 2020
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Chris M. Johnston, filmmaker
Class Action Park, Seth Porges and Chris Charles Scott, 2020
Supersize Me, Morgan Spurlock, 2004
Won't You Be My Neighbor?, Morgan Neville, 2018
David C Jones, filmmaker
Deep Water, Louise Osmond and Jerry Rothwell, 2006
Free Solo, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, 2018
The Reason I Jump, Jerry Rothwell, 2020
Peter Karl
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
Senna, Asif Kapadia, 2010
American Factory, Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, 2019
Anthony Kaufman, writer
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Cameraperson, Kirsten Johnson, 2016
Leviathan, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, 2012
Scott Hamilton Kennedy, filmmaker
OT: our town, Scott Hamilton Kennedy, 2003
Four Daughters, Kaouther Ben Hania, 2023
Natalia Keogan, critic
Time, Garrett Bradley, 2021
In Jackson Heights, Frederick Wiseman, 2015
How To With John Wilson, John Wilson, 2020-2023
Alexandra Kitty, author, media ethicist
Collective, Alexander Nanau, 2019
The Jinx, Andrew Jarecki, 2015
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Vivian Kleiman, filmmaker
Oblivion, Heddy Honigmann, 2009
Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus, Eva Aridjis Fuentes, 2024
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, Anna Hints, 2023
Botagoz Koilybayeva, film critic
The Gleaners And I, Agnés Varda, 2000
Sea Tomorrow, Katerina Suvorova, 2016
No Other Land, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, 2024
Georgia Korossi, film critic and curator
For Sama, Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, 2019
No Other Land, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, 2024
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Laura Poitras, 2022
Elliot Kotek, producer/filmmaker
Senna, Asif Kapadia, 2010
Man on Wire, James Marsh, 2008
The Cove, Louie Psihoyos, 2009
Nick Kouhi, critic
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
City Hall, Frederick Wiseman, 2020
Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?, Pedro Costa, 2001
Vera Krichevskaya, filmmaker
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Icarus, Bryan Fogel, 2017
The Social Dilemma, Jeff Orlowski, 2020
Daniel Larios, filmmaker, writer
Elena, Petra Costa, 2012
La vida loca, Christian Poveda, 2009
Finding Frances, Nathan Fielder, 2017
Roy LeBlanc, filmmaker
Prom Night in Mississippi, Paul Saltzman, 2009
Undefeated, Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin, 2011
Silver Dollar Road, Raoul Peck, 2023
Jim LeBrecht, filmmaker
Crip Camp, James Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham, 2020
Grand Theft Hamlet, Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls, 2024
Quest, Jonathan Olshefski, 2017
Alex Lei, writer, filmmaker
In Order Not to Be Here, Deborah Stratman, 2002
A Letter From Greenpoint, Jonas Mekas, 2005
DIRECT ACTION, Guillaume Cailleau and Ben Russell, 2024
Ry Levey, filmmaker
A Lion In The House, Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, 2006
Ex-Libris: The New York Public Library, Frederick Wiseman, 2017
The Gleaners And I, Agnés Varda, 2000
Pedro Lima de Andrade, film critic
exergue- on documenta 14, Dimitris Athyridis, 2024
The Gleaners and I, Agnés Varda, 2000
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Bing Liu, filmmaker
In A Dream, Jeremiah Zagar, 2008
Cover-Up, Laura Poitras, 2025
No Other Land, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, 2024
D. Taylor Loeb, actor/CD/doc lover
Man on Wire, James Marsh, 2008
Dogtown and Z-Boys, Stacy Peralta, 2001
The Staircase, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, 2004
KIM Longinotto, filmmaker
No Other Land, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, 2024
Lac-Mégantic: This Is Not an Accident, Philippe Falardeau, 2023
The Alabama Solution, Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman, 2025
Jordan Lord, filmmaker
A Night of Knowing Nothing, Payal Kapadia, 2021
If From Every Tongue it Drips, Sharlene Bamboat, 2021
Nostalgia for the Light, Patricio Guzmán, 2010
Monika Lostakova, film producer, festival programmer
Anhell69, Theo Montoya, 2022
Hollywoodgate, Ibrahim Nash'at, 2023
Space Dogs, Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter, 2019
Cynthia Lukas, filmmaker
My Octopus Teacher, Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, 2020
Where to Invade Next, Michael Moore, 2015
Mackenzie Lukenbill, archivist and editor
In Order Not to Be Here, Deborah Stratman, 2002
Risk, Laura Poitras, 2016
Weiner, Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg, 2016
Matt Mace, documentary super fan
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Honeyland, Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov, 2019
My Octopus Teacher, Pippa Ehrlich and James Reed, 2020
Jonathan Mackris, critic
Route 181: Fragments of a Journey in Palestine-Israel, Michel Khleifi and Eyal Sivan, 2003
General Report II. The New Abduction of Europe, Pere Portabella, 2015
This is Paris Too, Lech Kowalski, 2020
Saffron Maeve, critic
In Order Not to Be Here, Deborah Stratman, 2002
My Winnipeg, Guy Maddin, 2007
Shakedown, Leilah Weinraub, 2018
Stephanie Mardesich, festival director/founder and critic journalist
Crows Of The Desert: A Hero's Journey Through The Armenian Genocide, Marta Houske, 2016
Amy, Asif Kapadia, 2015
The Eyes Of Tammy Faye, Randy Barbato, 2000
Eric Marin, filmmaker
The Silence Before Bach, Pere Portabella, 2007
James Marsh, filmmaker
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Waltz With Bashir, Ari Folman, 2008
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
Scott Martin, editor
Finding Vivian Maier, John Mallory and Charlie Siskel, 2013
Shirkers, Sandi Tan, 2018
Vanessa Maruskin, archival producer
All That Breathes, Shaunak Sen, 2022
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
Let The Fire Burn, Jason Osder, 2013
Carly Mattox, critic
The Gleaners And I, Agnés Varda, 2000
The Cats of Mirikitani, Linda Hattendorf, 2006
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Laura Poitras, 2022
Catherine McKenzie, filmmaker
20 Feet from Stardom, Morgan Neville, 2013
March of the Penguins, Luc Jacquet, 2005
13th, Ava DuVernay, 2016
Betsy McLane, documentary historian/writer
The Fog of War, Errol Morris, 2003
Restrepo, Tim Hetherington, 2010
Tower, Keith Maitland, 2016
Arthur McMillan
Blackfish, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, 2013
Amy, Asif Kapadia, 2015
Kedi, Ceyda Torun, 2016
Stephan Meeks, composer
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, Johan Grimonprez, 2024
Exterminate All the Brutes, Raoul Peck, 2021
Respect My Crown: The Rise of African American Women in California Politics, Pamela Bright-Moon, 2024
Robin Menken, screenwriter, producer, film historian, and film critic
Enemies of the People, Thet Sambath and Rob Lemkin, 2009
Our Daily Bread, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 2005
LA 92, Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin, 2017
Davi Merchan, journalist and documentary filmmaker
No Other Land, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, 2024
For Sama, Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, 2019
Welcome to Chechnya, David France, 2020
Hind Mezaina, artist, film curator, and writer
Cameraperson, Kirsten Johnson, 2016
Filmfarsi, Ehsan Khoshbakht, 2019
Henry Fonda For President, Alexander Horwath, 2024
Barbara Miller, filmmaker
#Female Pleasure, Barbara Miller, 2018
Wisdom of Happiness, Philip Delaquis and Barbara Miller, 2024
The Fog of War, Errol Morris, 2003
Peter Miller, filmmaker
The Central Park Five, David McMahon and Sarah Burns and Ken Burns, 2012
Summer of Soul, Questlove, 2021
American Coup: Wilmington 1898, Brad Lichtenstein and Yoruba Richen, 2024
Michael Monteabaro
Honeyland, Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov, 2019
The Tale of Silyan, Tamara Kotevska, 2025
Luke W. Moody, selector
Anhell69, Theo Montoya, 2022
Hale County This Morning This Evening, RaMell Ross, 2018
The Human Surge, Eduardo Williams, 2016
Alexander Mooney, critic, filmmaker
Ten Skies, James Benning, 2004
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, Spike Lee, 2006
The Gleaners And I, Agnés Varda, 2000
Liv Moore
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Laura Poitras, 2022
Time, Garrett Bradley, 2020
Minding the Gap, Bing Liu, 2018
Jenni Morello, director and cinematographer
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, Anna Hints, 2023
The Gleaners And I, Agnés Varda, 2000
Cameraperson, Kirsten Johnson, 2016
Lizz Morhaim, filmmaker
Manda Bala (Send a Bullet), Jason Kohn, 2007
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Rebuilding Paradise, Ron Howard, 2020
Zoë Morrison, filmmaker
Undefeated, Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin, 2011
LA 92, Dan Lindsay and TJ Martin, 2017
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Jane Mote, funder and filmmaker
The Mole Agent, Maite Alberdi, 2020
For Sama, Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, 2019
Smoke Sauna Sisterhood, Anna Hints, 2023
Mariko Munro, filmmaker
Inside the Red Brick Wall, Hong Kong Documentary Filmmakers, 2020
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
Citizenfour, Laura Poitras, 2014
Vikram Murthi, writer and critic
The Task, Leigh Ledare, 2017
Cameraperson, Kirsten Johnson, 2016
Leviathan, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, 2012
Basia Myszynski, filmmaker
The Keepers, Ryan White, 2017
Jodie Foster: Hollywood Under the Skin, Camille Juza and Yal Sadat, 2021
Communion, Anna Zamecka, 2016
Edward Nachtrieb, filmmaker
An Inconvenient Truth, Davis Guggenheim, 2006
Supersize Me, Morgan Spurlock, 2004
Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore, 2002
Carol Nahra, journalist and lecturer
Navalny, Daniel Roher, 2022
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin, Benjamin Ree, 2024
Four Daughters, Kaouther Ben Hania, 2023
Mary Nail, filmmaker
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father, Kurt Kuenne, 2008
The First Wave, Matthew Heineman, 2021
Free Solo, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, 2018
Trent Nakamura, filmmaker and festival operations coordinator
Minding the Gap, Bing Liu, 2018
Flee, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 2021
Welcome to Chechnya, David France, 2020
Dale Nelson, entertainment lawyer and author
Grand Theft Hamlet, Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls, 2024
Mayor, David Osit, 2020
Greatest Night in Pop, Bao Nguyen, 2024
Iris Ng, cinematographer
Minding The Gap, Bing Liu, 2018
Hale County This Morning This Evening, RaMell Ross, 2018
Random Acts Of Legacy, Ali Kazimi, 2016
Bill Nichols, writer
Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog, 2005
The Gleaners And I, Agnés Varda, 2000
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Peter Nicks, filmmaker
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
Searching for Sugar Man, Malik Bendjelloul, 2012
Navalny, Daniel Roher, 2022
Ruun Nuur, documentary programmer
Jenin Jenin, Mohammad Bakri, 2002
Citizenfour, Laura Poitras, 2014
Kony 2012, Jason Russell, 2012
Roger Nygard, filmmaker
The Social Dilemma, Jeff Orlowski, 2020
An Inconvenient Truth, Davis Guggenheim, 2006
The Nature of Existence, Roger Nygard, 2009
Claire Ogden
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley, 2012
Hummingbirds, Estefanía Contreras and Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, 2023
Wilfred Okiche, critic
Four Daughters, Kaouther Ben Hania, 2023
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
Time, Garrett Bradley, 2021
Wen Chi Olcel, lecturer
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
The Chinese Mayor, Zhou Hao, 2015
Japan: A Story of Love and Hate, Sean McAllister, 2008
Jason Osder, filmmaker and professor
The Fog of War, Errol Morris, 2003
The Oath, Laura Poitras, 2010
Cameraperson, Kirsten Johnson, 2016
Kathy Ou, critic
Flee, Jonas Poher Rasmussen, 2021
Under the Dome, Fan Ming, 2015
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Derrick Owens, filmmaker
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley, 2012
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Adriana Pacheco, filmmaker
Philly D.A., Ted Passon and Yoni Brook, 2021
2000 Miles to Andriivka, Mstyslav Chernov, 2025
My Undesirable Friends, Julia Loktev, 2024
Gabriel M. Paletz, film teacher, historian, writer, critic, and programmer
A CERTAIN KIND OF DEATH, Grover Babcock and Blue Hadaegh, 2003
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
State Funeral, Sergei Loznitsa, 2019
Stephanie Palumbo, producer/impact strategist
Cameraperson, Kirsten Johnson, 2016
Three Promises, Yousef Srouji, 2023
Unseen, Laura Paglin, 2016
Luiza Parvu, filmmaker, professor
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
Cameraperson, Kirsten Johnson, 2016
Collective, Alexander Nanau, 2019
Tony Pemberton, filmmaker/professor
Mediha, Hasan Oswald, 2023
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Laura Poitras, 2022
Exit Through the Gift Shop, Banksy, 2010
Aron Penczu, filmmaker
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Senna, Asif Kapadia, 2010
Into the Abyss, Werner Herzog, 2011
Gabor Pertic, programmer
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
For Sama, Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts, 2019
Name Me Lawand, Edward Lovelace, 2022
Savina Petkova, critic, programmer, scholar
Cameraperson, Kirsten Johnson, 2016
The Oath, Laura Poitras, 2010
The Gleaners And I, Agnés Varda, 2000
Vladan Petkovic, critic/programmer
The Land of the Enlightened, Pieter-Jan de Pue, 2016
The Other Side of Everything, Mila Turajlić, 2017
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Alex Pritz
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Banu Ramazanova, producer
Honeyland, Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov, 2019
Four Daughters, Kaouther Ben Hania, 2023
Behemoth, Zhao Liang, 2015
Preston Randolph
Dina, Dan Sickles, 2017
Gleason, Clay Tweel, 2016
Weiner, Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg, 2016
Nicolas Rapold
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Leviathan, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, 2012
National Gallery, Frederick Wiseman, 2014
Emma Ratliff, filmmaker
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Laura Poitras, 2022
The Fog of War, Errol Morris, 2003
Dogtown and Z-Boys, Stacy Peralta, 2001
Yair Raveh, critic and filmmaker
Waltz With Bashir, Ari Folman, 2008
Touching The Void, Kevin Macdonald, 2003
Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog, 2005
Kiva Reardon, writer, producer
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, Spike Lee, 2006
Witches, Elizabeth Sankey, 2024
Off Frame, Revolution Until Victory dir Mohanad Yaqubi, 2015
Tracy Rector, filmmaker
13th, Ava DuVernay, 2016
No Other Land, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, 2024
Sugarcane, Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie, 2024
Lucía Requejo, critic
Aquí se construye (o ya no existe el lugar donde nací), Ignacio Agüero, 2000
The Blonds, Albertina Carri, 2003
Canuto's Transformation, Ernesto de Carvalho and Ariel Kuaray Ortega, 2023
Cheryl Revkin
The Rescue, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, 2021
The Story of the Weeping Camel, Byambasuren Davaa and Luigi Falorni, 2003
Patrick Reynolds, filmmaker
The Fog of War, Errol Morris, 2003
Restrepo, Tim Hetherington, 2010
Searching for Sugar Man, Malik Bendjelloul, 2012
Soheil Rezayazdi, cultural worker
Hale County This Morning This Evening, RaMell Ross, 2018
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
Michael Riccardi, film buff and festival screener
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Navalny, Daniel Roher, 2022
Hale County This Morning This Evening, RaMell Ross, 2018
Lucia Ricciardelli-Fossi, professor and documentary filmmaker
Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog, 2005
Waltz with Bashir, Ari Folman, 2008
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Yoruba Richen, filmmaker
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
The Weather Underground, Sam Green and Bill Siegel, 2002
Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley, 2012
Barbara Rick, filmmaker, journalist
Billy Joel: And So It Goes, Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin, 2025
Searching for Sugar Man, Malik Bendjelloul, 2012
A Small Act, Jennifer Arnold, 2010
Thomas Rigler, filmmaker
My Country My Country, Laura Poitras, 2006
Man on Wire, James Marsh, 2008
Dig!, Ondi Timoner, 2004
Marcia Rock
Hooligan Sparrow, Nanfu Wang, 2016
LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton, Deborah Dickson and Susan Froemke and Albert Maysles, 2001
Jesus Camp, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, 2016
Andrew Ross, music supervisor, producer
Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog, 2005
The Beatles: Get Back, Peter Jackson, 2021
Man on Wire, James Marsh, 2008
Bonnie Rowan, media historian, archival media researcher
9/11, Jules and Gédéon Naudet, 2002
The Rape of Europa, Richard Berge and Nicole Newnham and Bonni Cohen, 2006
Marian Anderson: The Whole World in Her Hands, Rita Coburn, 2022
Pepe Ruiloba, film critic
Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley, 2012
Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog, 2005
Beyond Utopia, Madeleine Gavin, 2023
Nicole Salazar, filmmaker
The Perfect Neighbor, Geeta Gandbhir, 2025
The Above, Kirsten Johnson, 2015
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat, Johan Grimonprez, 2024
Mariana Sanson, writer
Los Reyes del Pueblo que no existe, Betzabé García, 2015
A Fidai Film, Kamal Aljafari, 2024
Through The Graves The Wind Is Blowing, Travis Wilkerson, 2024
Sudipto Sanyal, writer
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Jiro Dreams of Sushi, David Gelb, 2011
Katiyabaaz, Fahad Mustafa and Deepti Kakkar, 2013
Cierah Sargent, filmmaker and anthropologist
Hale County This Morning This Evening, RaMell Ross, 2018
Sweetgrass, Ilisa Barbash and Lucien Castaing-Taylor, 2009
Leviathan, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, 2012
Elias Savada, critic
Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore, 2002
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
Hilari Scarl, filmmaker
The Corporation, Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott, 2003
Marewencol, Jeff Malmberg, 2010
See What I'm Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary, Hilari Scarl, 2009
Dennis Scheyer, creative director/writer, producer
Summer of Soul, Questlove, 2021
An Inconvenient Truth, Davis Guggenheim, 2006
Searching for Sugar Man, Malik Bendjelloul, 2012
Dan Schindel
The Look of Silence, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2014
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Ta'ang, Wang Bing, 2016
Chris Schmidt, agent
Navalny, Daniel Roher, 2022
Silver Dollar Road, Raoul Peck, 2023
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Ken Schneider, documentary director and editor
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
Sarah Schoellkopf, filmmaker and academic
Norita, Jayson McNamara and Andrea Carbonatto, 2023
Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst, Robert Stone, 2004
Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore, 2002
Nathalie Seaver
The Perfect Neighbor, Geeta Gandbhir, 2025
Summer of Soul, Questlove, 2021
The Jinx, Andrew Jarecki, 2015
Ishita Sengupta, critic
All That Breathes, Shaunak Sen, 2022
Navalny, Daniel Roher, 2022
Dick Johnson is Dead, Kirsten Johnson, 2020
Rachael Sevilla, archivist
Haulout, Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev, 2022
Free Solo, Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, 2018
The Mother of All Lies, Asmae El Moudir, 2023
Sky Sitney, festival director
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Fire of Love, Sara Dosa, 2022
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
Öykü Sofuoğlu, film critic
La Commune (Paris, 1871), Peter Watkins, 2000
Dead Souls, Wang Bing, 2018
Where Does Your Hidden Smile Lie?, Pedro Costa, 2001
Steven Solomon
An Inconvenient Truth, Davis Guggenheim, 2006
The U.S. and the Holocaust, Ken Burns and Lynn Novick and Sarah Botstein, 2022
Three Minutes: A Lengthening, Bianca Stigter, 2022
Evan Stewart, cinephile
Mr. Bachmann and His Class, Maria Speth, 2021
Haulout, Evgenia Arbugaeva and Maxim Arbugaev, 2022
Incident, Bill Morrison, 2023
Nora Stone, professor and filmmaker
Let the Fire Burn, Jason Osder, 2013
Island of the Hungry Ghosts, Gabrielle Brady, 2018
Northern Light, Nick Bentgen, 2013
Mark Storey, documentary fan and connoisseur
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Bully, Lee Hirsch, 2011
The Cove, Louie Psihoyos, 2009
Abby Sun, writer and producer
In Vanda's Room, Pedro Costa, 2000
S21: The Khmer Rouge Killing Machine, Rithy Panh, 2003
De Humani Corporis Fabrica, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, 2022
Ryan Swen, critic
Los Angeles Plays Itself, Thom Andersen, 2004
The Trap, Adam Curtis, 2007
Manakamana, Stephanie Spray and Pacho Velez, 2013
Olha Symonenko, filmmaker
A Family Affair, Tom Fassaert, 2015
Workingman's Death, Michael Glawogger, 2005
Fire at Sea, Gianfranco Rosi, 2016
Nitsan Tal, filmmaker
Four Daughters, Kaouther Ben Hania, 2023
13th, Ava DuVernay, 2016
To Kill a Tiger, Nisha Pahuja, 2022
Nicholas Tana, filmmaker
Sticky: A (Self) Love Story, Nicholas Tana, 2016
Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog, 2005
This Film Is Not Yet Rated, Kirby Dick, 2006
Jeromiah Taylor, writer and editor
Dead Hands Dig Deep, Jai Love, 2016
Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold, Griffin Dunne, 2017
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck, 2016
Luke Y. Thompson, film critic
Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore, 2002
Waltz With Bashir, Ari Folman, 2008
Flipside, Christopher Wilcha, 2023
John Thornton, filmmaker
A Thousand Cuts, Ramona S. Díaz, 2020
Food, Inc., Robert Kenner, 2008
Period. End of Sentence, Rayka Zehtabchi, 2018
Fernanda Tornaghi, filmmaker
The Cove, Louie Psihoyos, 2009
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
No Other Land, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, 2024
H. Nelson Tracey, director/editor
Cameraperson, Kirsten Johnson, 2016
Dawson City: Frozen Time, Bill Morrison, 2016
Tower, Keith Maitland, 2016
Raquel Tresvant, filmmaker
When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts, Spike Lee, 2006
Roadrunner, Morgan Neville, 2021
Amy, Asif Kapadia, 2015
Matt Turner, writer and editor
Leviathan, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, 2012
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty, Jonas Mekas, 2000
Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks, Wang Bing, 2002
Mary Ungerleider, filmmaker
Cutting Through Rocks, Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni, 2025
The Fog of War, Errol Morris, 2003
Persheng Vaziri, professor and writer
The Gleaners And I, Agnés Varda, 2000
The Pearl Button, Patricio Guzmán, 2015
All That Breathes, Asif Kapadia, 2022
Pacho Velez, filmmaker and professor
Los Angeles Plays Itself, Thom Andersen, 2004
Leviathan, Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel, 2012
O'er the Land, Deborah Stratman, 2009
Eva Vitija, filmmaker
Stories We Tell, Sarah Polley, 2012
The Green Prince, Nadav Schirman, 2014
Waltz With Bashir, Ari Folman, 2008
Sonya Vseliubska, film critic, scholar
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
HyperNormalisation, Adam Curtis, 2016
This Rain Will Never Stop, Alina Gorlova, 2020
Clayton Walter
Menus-Plaisirs—Les Troisgros, Frederick Wiseman, 2023
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
At Berkeley, Frederick Wiseman, 2013
Kent Wilhelm, film journalist, critic
The Vietnam War, Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, 2017
Citizenfour, Laura Poitras, 2014
No Other Land, Basel Adra and Hamdan Ballal and Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor, 2024
Aaron Willcott
O.J.: Made In America, Ezra Edelman, 2016
Ex-Libris: The New York Public Library, Frederick Wiseman, 2017
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Rachel-Anne Younger, non-fiction storyteller
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Six Billion Dollar Man, Eugene Jarecki, 2025
The Jinx, Andrew Jarecki, 2015
Han Yan Yuen, filmmaker
The Act of Killing, Joshua Oppenheimer, 2012
Grizzly Man, Werner Herzog, 2005
Ex-Libris: The New York Public Library, Frederick Wiseman, 2017
Susan Zachary, filmmaker
Navalny, Daniel Roher, 2022
Porcelain War, Slava Leontyev and Brendan Bellomo, 2024
We Will Dance Again, Yariv Mozer, 2024