Alongside the 2015 ENCATC Award winners were two shortlisted finalists:
- Fiona Hutchison of the United Kingdom for her PhD thesis “Socio-cultural Impacts of Museums for their Local Communities: The Case of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter”. LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fchut/
- Ann Overbergh from Belgium for her PhD thesis “Extended cinema in Kenya and Tanzania. Technological innovation and Related Trends in Local Audiovisual Storytelling”. LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ann-overbergh-aa1b96a/