Special Recognition Awards
| Awards | Film Title | Creator(s) | School |
| Best of Show | Snowflakes and Diamonds | Johnick Petry | Homeschool |
| Best Cinematography | Everything We Could Have Wanted | Joshua Leong and Daniel Meakem | McLean High School |
| Best Screenplay | Daydreamer | Kat Garrido | Gaston Day School |
| Most Inspirational | Beautiful | Saunders Swan and Martha Reifenberg | Ursuline Academy |
Alternative
| Golden Lion | The Recurrent Dream | Aviana DiPasquale, Lo Riddell, Bella Spleen | Kings High School |
| White Lion | DPTV Begins | Kayleigh Gallagher, Jack Harrison, Joel Pletcher, Bailey Titter | Hempfield High School |
| Mountain Lion | Tartarus (Trailer) | Julian Nisenboim, Michael Norwesh | Deerfield High School |
| Finalist | CAM | Geoffrey Vollette | Lakota East High School |
| Finalist | Awake at Night | Steve Neace | St. Henry Disctrict High School |
| Finalist | Inside My Idiosyncrasies | Abbi Tekavec | Ursuline Academy |
Animation
| Awards | Film Title | Creator(s) | School |
| Golden Lion | Daydreamer | Kat Garrido | Gaston Day School |
| White Lion | The Abandons | Aviana DiPasquale | Kings High School |
| Mountain Lion | The Man with a Plan | Gabe Schmidt | Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy |
| Finalist | Rolly the Bowling Ball | Tasha Tanarugsachock | Kings High School |
| Finalist | A Sense of Adventure | Autumn English, Mona Corpuz, Hannah Maloy, Isabella DeBlasio | York High School |
| Finalist | Tak the Cactus | Anna-Claire Barker | Kings High School |
Comedy
| Golden Lion | The Novelist | Derek Walker | Decatur High School |
| White Lion | Diluted Fear | Jared Goudsmit | Kirkwood High School |
| Mountain Lion | Old Boys | Seth Friedman | The Seven Hills School |
| Finalist | The Bill | Lanie Berlage | Ursuline Academy |
| Finalist | Inflate-A-Date | Rachel Michelman | The Seven Hills School |
| Finalist | 39 Steps | Bretton Miller and Seth Friedman | The Seven Hills School |
Commercial
| Awards | Film Title | Creator(s) | School |
| Golden Lion | Bright Future | Josie Bachus, Nora Ryan | Homewood-Flossmoor High School |
| White Lion | Everywhere You Go | Griffin Carter, Grace Sowacke | Homewood-Flossmoor High School |
| Mountain Lion | TeaLula | Andrew Pridmore | Maine South High School |
| Finalist | Football Hype Video | Amy Bushman, Sophie RodenParker, Erica Mulcahey and Alex Carroll | Anderson High School |
| Finalist | Audi Commercial | Julian Nisenboim | Deerfield High School |
| Finalist | Tucker’s Whippy Dip – 19 Years Online Commercial | William Laterza | William Mason High School |
Informational/Informational
| Golden Lion | Learning Commons Informational | Emily Newman, Katie Hehn, Griffen Maraan, Austin Bally, Megan Goodlett, Erica Mulcahey, Lindy Rutledge, Alex Carroll, Savannah Shannon | Anderson High School |
| White Lion | Dreaming of Success | Aviana DiPasquale, Celeste Riddell, Bella Spleen, Destiny Stuck | Kings High School |
| Mountain Lion | Green City Demolition Corporate Video | Carter Nolan | St. Xavier High School |
| Finalist | Xtravaganza Tuition Assistance Promo | Carter Nolan | St. Xavier High School |
| Finalist | Forest Hills Foundations Soiree 2017 GLC | Megan Goodlett | Anderson High School |
| Finalist | Say Something Campaign – Mason High School | Emily Rebella | William Mason High School |
Long Documentary
| Awards | Film Title | Creator(s) | School |
| Golden Lion | Herman Wainggel: A Hidden Genocide | Joshua Leong and Sam Gollob | McLean High School |
| White Lion | Mason Boys Cross Country – A Year in Review | William Laterza | William Mason High School |
| Mountain Lion | Mosaic Ministries | Joel Helmick | Maumee Valley Country Day School |
| Finalist | Restorative Practices | Trinity Hanson | Franklin High School |
| Finalist | Global Dynamics: A Robot | Derek Walker | Decatur High School |
| Finalist | Foreign, Inc. | Chase Cutarelli | Marysville High School |
Short Narrative
| Awards | Film Title | Student Name(s) | School |
| Golden Lion | Side Effects | Hassan El-Cheikh, Isabella Siska, K. Riley Bachman, Yahkira Yisrael | SCPA |
| White Lion | Beautiful | Saunders Swan and Martha Reifenberg | Ursuline Academy |
| Mountain Lion | Always There | Matthew Rice | Albert Einstein High School |
| Finalist | Go Back | Grant Toney | Homeschool |
| Finalist | The Red Room | Raven Davis | Homewood-Flossmoor High School |
| Finalist | Ripple in Time | Andrea Ayala | Ursuline Academy |
Long Narrative
| Awards | Film Title | Creator(s) | School |
| Golden Lion | Everything We Could Have Wanted | Joshua Leong and Daniel Meakem | McLean High School |
| White Lion | Snowflakes and Diamonds | Johnick Petry | Homeschool |
| Mountain Lion | Ojala | George Hawke | Great Valley High School |
| Finalist | Fugazzi | Julian Nisenboim | Deerfield High School |
| Finalist | Ghost Ferreters | Luke M., Eddie C., Jacky G., Olivia C., Jania C., Jackie L., Kevin G., Ben L. | Godfrey-Lee Public Schools/West Catholic High School |
| Finalist | The Yellow Wallpaper | Noah Mooney | Central High School |
Music Video
| Awards | Film Title | Student Name(s) | School |
| Golden Lion | We Are Leo: Dimensions | Becky Castro, Nico Gullo, Kaitlyn Weyenberg, Dylan Gegare, Alei Mandli, Justice Ward, Chris LaFreniere | William Horlick high school |
| White Lion | Delusion | Sam Smith | Loveland High School |
| Mountain Lion | What You Like | Adam Shoreibah, George Hawkes | Glenbrook South High School |
| Finalist | Columbia | Adi Rivera, Arianna Rose, Lejon Cadd | William Horlick high school |
| Finalist | Sunrise City | Janssen Mitchell, Ryan Hutchinson | Homewood-Flossmoor HIgh School |
| Finalist | Loud Whispers | Delaney O’Toole, Amy Bushman, Erica Mulcahey, and Various Crew | Anderson High School |
New Story/Newscast
| Awards | Film Title | Student Name(s) | School |
| Golden Lion | The VTV Show | Asante Hayes | Homewood-Flossmoor High School |
| White Lion | Comets For Common Ground | Logan Stevens, Abby Miller | William Mason High School |
| Mountain Lion | DPTV | Julia Campbell | Hempfield High School |
| Finalist | DHS Custodians | Bernadette Itzkow | Deerfield High School |
| Finalist | Blind Soccer | Jack Harrison | Hempfield High School |
| Finalist | Flossmoor Feet | Jasmine Franklin | Homewood-Flossmoor High School |
Public Service Announcement
| Awards | Film Title | Student Name(s) | School |
| Golden Lion | For Julie | Zac Lueder | Homewood-Flossmoor High School |
| White Lion | Seriously? | Rakhi Bawa, Megan Brokamp, Jordan Buelterman | Ursuline Academy |
| Mountain Lion | You Are Not Alone | Matthew Rice | Albert Einstein High School |
| Finalist | Anxiety PSA | Emily Newman, Savannah Shannon, Griffen Maraan, Katie Hehn, Josie Ericksen, Sophie RodenParker, Amy Bushman | Anderson High School |
| Finalist | Catfish PSA | Bridget Johnson | Maine South High School |
| Finalist | Society’s Challenge | Trinity Hanson, Lukas Migliano | Franklin High School |
Short Documentary
| Awards | Film Title | Student Name(s) | School |
| Golden Lion | We All Bleed Red | Jacob Young | Franklin High School |
| White Lion | The Choice | Julian Nisenboim | Deerfield High School |
| Mountain Lion | 4 Paws | Avi DiPasquale, Bella Spleen, Celeste Riddell, Faith Shields | Kings High School |
| Finalist | Tri for Joe | Josie Ericksen, Emily Newman, Amy Bushman | Anderson High School |
| Finalist | Walk a Mile | Grace Paszkiewicz, Omar Shana | Franklin High School |
| Finalist | Flashpoint Documentary | Seth Friedman | The Seven Hills School |
| Finalist | Detroit Street Care | Rachel Goodeman | Troy Athens High School |
Junior High
| Awards | Film Title | Student Name(s) | School |
| Golden Lion | Nutcase | Owen Cummings, Quinn Donnelly, Andrew Foley, Hannah Moore, Liam Murphy | Walnut Hills |
| White Lion | Unmasked | Piper Rothfuss, Michael Fenton, Lily Smith, MilesDiMeo | SCPA, Home Schooled, Three Rivers |
| Mountain Lion | The Escape | Kevin Sian | Nagel Middle School |
| Finalist | Player Eliminated | Andrew Kaeppner, Emma Falcon, Sydney Tellez, Mia Leyland, JD McManus, Maverick Rowe, Maya Wollford, Noah Dunn | Nagel Middle School |
| Finalist | In Trouble….Out of Time | Will Hardin, Natalie Vasquez, Synnah Smith, Torin Payor, Caesar Vasquez, Steve Grothaus, Jose Carbilla, Manuel Hernandez | Norwood Middle School |
| Finalist | Some Lessons are Hard to Learn | Thomas Glover, Cameron Henderson, Dakota Jackson, Anthony Newberry, Marquis Pettie, Cassandra Schwarz, Daisy Valle-Lopez | North College Hill Middle School – YMCA/Skool Aid After School Film Program |
| Finalist | TMS News | Eddie Julious, Iyanna Harris, Devall Palmer, Ra’shyla Phillips, Nysheia White, Antonia Willis, Penda Ndiaye, Jamaisha Humpries, Moriah Humphrey, Nakhia Bryan, Khi’rell Townsend, Rah’Kirah Reese-Brown, Vanessa Martin, Jeremiah Carter | Robert A Taft Information Technology |