To the competition presentations of the 24. International Film Festival ZOOM-ZBLIŻENIA 2021, 31 documentary films were qualified:
- What if nothing? – Monika Krupa (PL)
- FUTHARK- Konrad Kultys (PL)
- Nachts Kommen Die Bilder (The pictures come at night) -Ulrike Korbach (D)
- The Chimney Swift – Frédéric Schuld (D)
- Just a Guy – Shoko Hara (D)
- Kometa (Comet) – Adam Buka (PL)
- Opowieść o dwóch siostrach (A Tale of Two Sisters) – Jakub Prysak (PL)
- Opus magnum – Filip Bojarski (PL)
- Espero (I Wait) – Adrián Díaz, Loreto Saiz (ESP)
- 3 Logical Exits – Mahdi Fleifel (DNK/UK/LBN)
- Nachts Sind Alle Katzen Grau (All Cats Are Grey in the Dark) – Lasse Linder (CHE)
- Ognjilo (SPARKS) – Vladimir Perovic (MNE)
- La Nueva Normalidad (The New Normality) – Manolo Vazquez (ESP)
- The desired one – Óscar Bernàcer (ESP)
- CELL 364 – Zoé Rossion, Mathilde Babo (FRA)
- Dziś, jutro… wczoraj (Today, tomorrow… yesterday) – Krzysztof Kadłubowski, Diana Kadłubowska (PL)
- Oko Boga (Eye of God) – Igor Kawecki (PL)
- La Estancia Íntima (The intimate room) – Pancho Aguirre (ESP)
- Seal Story – Historia Foki (Seal Story) – Bartłomiej Błaszczyński (PL)
- Notre territoire (Our territory) – Mathieu Volpe (BEL)
- Work for Him – Hilarija Locmele, Fariba Buchheim (D)
- La Cima (The Peak) – Christian Camilo Ossa Rodriguez (COL)
- To See Independence – Piotr Jasiński (PL)
- Budu z tvé krásy žít! (I will live out of your beauty!) – Tereza Vokatá (CZE)
- Revolykus – Victor Orozco Ramirez (D/MEX)
- 48 Shaot Im Abba (48 Hours With Dad) – Gal Dor (ISR)
- Be’eynaim Pkuchot (With Open Eyes) – Hamutal Goren (ISR)
- Heimaey (Home Island) – Sonia Ladidà Schiavone (ITA)
- Homo Peregrinus – Andrzej Święch (PL)
- Wieloryb z Lorino (The Whale From Lorino) – Maciej Cuske (PL)
- Požiarne hlásenie (Fire Report) – Katarína Jonisová (SVK)