- “DeKalb Elementary” – Reed Van Dyk (UCLA)
- “The Eleven O’Clock” – Derin Seale (FINCH)
- “Facing Mecca” – Jan-Eric Mack and Joël Jent (Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion)
- “Icebox” – Daniel Sawka and Camille Cornuel (Iceboxthefilmco)
- “Lost Face” – Sean Meehan and Sam McGarry (Soma Films)
- “My Nephew Emmett” – Kevin Wilson, Jr. (New York University)
- “Rise of a Star” – James Bort and Boris Mendza (Fulldawa Films)
- “The Silent Child” – Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton (Slick Films)
- “Watu Wote/All of Us” – Katja Benrath (Hamburg Media School)
- “Witnesses” – David Koch (Lux for Film, Diez Films and Paradoxal)
NOMINATION PREDICTIONS
These are purely guesses:
- “DeKalb Elementary”
- “Lost Face”
- “My Nephew Emmett”
- “Rise Of A Star”
- “The Silent Child”
