A 83. Oscar díjkiadó gála hivatalos jelöléseit január 25-én közlik velünk, de előtalálgatások már most is vannak az esélyesekkel kapcsolatban, magát a rendezvényt pedig február 24-én sugározza az ABC. A 15 potenciális dokumentumfilm:
* Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer, Alex Gibney, director (ES Productions LLC)
* Enemies of the People, Rob Lemkin and Thet Sambath, directors (Old Street Films)
* Exit through the Gift Shop, Banksy, director (Paranoid Pictures)
* Gasland, Josh Fox, director (Gasland Productions, LLC)
* Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould, Michele Hozer and Peter Raymont, directors (White Pine Pictures)
* Inside Job, Charles Ferguson, director (Representational Pictures)
* The Lottery, Madeleine Sackler, director (Great Curve Films)
* Precious Life, Shlomi Eldar, director (Origami Productions)
* Quest for Honor, Mary Ann Smothers Bruni, director (Smothers Bruni Productions)
* Restrepo, Tim Hetherington and Sebastian Junger, directors (Outpost Films)
* This Way of Life, Thomas Burstyn, director (Cloud South Films)
* The Tillman Story, Amir Bar-Lev, director (Passion Pictures/Axis Films)
* Waiting for ‘Superman’, Davis Guggenheim, director (Electric Kinney Films)
* Waste Land, Lucy Walker, director (Almega Projects)
* William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe, Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler, directors (Disturbing the Universe LLC)