On 14 September 2017, three jury members were announced in Beijing by the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Cr Graham Quirk.

They are Chinese actress He Saifei, Filipino writer/director Adolfo Alix Jr and Kazakh writer, director and cinematographer Adilkhan Yerzhanov.

Top Australian film editor, Jill Bilcock ASE ACE was later announced as the head of the international jury, joined by Yoshi Yatabe, the programming director of the Tokyo International Film Festival, completing the jury line-up.

[1] The international jury determined the winners of all the major APSA awards including Best Feature Film, Achievement in Directing, Achievement in Cinematography, Best Screenplay, Best Performance by an Actress and Actor.

Haifaa Al Mansour, was announced to be the chair of the Youth Animation and Documentary Jury, followed by Melanie Coombs and Steve Abbott.