Every year Action-Fest invites industry professionals to judge the finalist films. Here are this year’s judges:
| Brian Adams | Actor, director, TV show host |
| Martha Knox-Haly | Organisational psychologist |
| Adam Jacobs | The Cinemarket |
| Darrell Lass | Producer, production designer (The Crop) |
| Jacqui Lees | Principal (JCM Creative Management) |
| Alex Leszczynski | National Industrial Officer (Australian Writers’ Guild) |
| Franky Mclennan | Hire Manager (AFM Lighting) |
| Jeannie Neill | US feature film producer |
| Maria O’Hare | Director (Big M Productions) |
| Denise Roberts | Director (Screenwise), actor (“Always Greener”, “GP”) |
| Jane E. Seymour | Actor, Principal (Resource Performance Workshops) |
| Anny Slater | Entertainment lawyer, film-maker |
| Gerry Sont | Actor, corporate trainer |
| David Steinhoff | CEO (Presence Films) |
| Julian Wood | Senior Journalist (FILMINK) |
| Amy Wooding | Exemptions Officer (OFLC) |
| Hung-Yen Yang | Mini Movie Moguls |