| Director | Category | Film Title: |
| Darby McAdams | Adventure, Expeditions and Travel | Near The River |
| Gabriel Malvar | Culture and Heritage | Indio Genius |
| Tiago Cerveira | Culture and Heritage | BISALHÃES – The Black Pottery Village |
| Ilze Wolff | Culture and Heritage | Hophuis |
| Daniel Sousa | Culture and Heritage | Missing Footsteps |
| Tiago Cardoso | Culture and Heritage | MEG – Megalith Route: Temples to Eternity |
| Tiago Cerveira | Culture and Heritage | CARETOS OF PODENCE – The faces of cowbell carriers |
| Dane Dodds | Culture and Heritage | !AITSA |
| Rachel Levy | Sustainable and Responsible Tourism | Hidden in Plain Sight |
| Daron Chatz | Sustainable and Responsible Tourism | Environmental Alchemy – Trash To Treasure |
| Nicola Leah Gerrard | Sustainable and Responsible Tourism | This is Home |
| Hloniphizwe Coleman | Travel and Tourism | Umgcini Wentliziyo – The Keeper of the Heart |
| Jaswant Dev Shrestha | Travel and Tourism | On A Quest: with Jaswant (Portugal Lisbon) |
| Michaela Guzy | Travel and Tourism | OH THE PEOPLE YOU MEET with Michaela Guzy |
| Ty McCarty & Rob Jornayvaz | Wildlife & Conservation | Ubuntu |
| Nicola Gerrard & Lauren van Nijkerk | Wildlife & Conservation | SEE US |
| Andrew Barratt | Wildlife & Conservation | Africa’s Largest Vulture Relocation |
| Andrew Malcolm | Wildlife & Conservation | Coming Home: The Mpilo and Makhosi Story |
| Matthew Williams-Ellis | Wildlife & Conservation | Karibu Nyumbani |
| Mathieu Van Goethem | Wildlife & Conservation | Born Explorer Australia – Season 2 Episode 10 – In Search of the worlds weirdest and most venomous |
| Carlos Pérez Romero | Wildlife & Conservation | Extremadura a natural paradise in Europe |
| Josh Crickmay | Wildlife & Conservation – Best Overall Series | City Beasts: Cape of Chaos |
