The 2015 competition will be running in the following countries: Armenia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Greece, Kazakhstan, Poland, Russia, Serbia and the United Kingdom.

The 15th Empire Awards also introduced The Global Final ceremony, where the shortlisted directors were invited to London where a group of judges chose the five finalist films.

[8] The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning,[9] Sky Movies Premiere English presenter Alex Zane,[9] Irish actor and comedian Chris O'Dowd[9] and English director Gareth Edwards,[9] which selected from a shortlist of 28 nominees[9] the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced.

[12] The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning,[12][13] Bauer Media CEO Paul Keenan,[11] Sky Movies Premiere, English presenter Alex Zane,[12] Scottish radio DJ Edith Bowman[12][13] and English actors Joanne Froggatt[11] and Tom Hiddleston,[11][13] which selected from a shortlist of 23 nominees[12] the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced.

[15] The team of judges consisted of Empire editor-in-chief Mark Dinning,[14] Sky Movies Premiere English presenter Alex Zane,[14] Scottish radio DJ Edith Bowman,[14] Scottish director Jon S. Baird[15] and English director Ben Wheatley,[14] which selected from a shortlist of 24 nominees[15] the five Done In 60 Seconds Award finalists that were invited to the Empire Awards where the winner was announced.

[14][15] The 2014 competition was open to entries from 22 countries, including: Armenia, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Greece, India, Israel, Kazakhstan, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine and the United Kingdom.