- NARRATIVE FEATURE COMPETITION JURY: The Narrative Feature Competition set out to discover the best of today's filmmaking, presenting 11 groundbreaking feature films, which will compete for a $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award. Jury members included:
- Elvis Mitchell (journalist and film critic)
- C. Thomas Howell (actor)
- Cynthia Hargrave (producer)
- DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION JURY: The Documentary Competition set out to discover the best and brightest of today's creative voices, presenting 10 groundbreaking documentaries, which will compete for a $25,000 Target Filmmaker Award. Jury members included:
- L.M. Kit Carson (writer, director and producer)
- Christian Gaines (AFI Festivals Director).
- TEXAS COMPETITION JURY: The Texas Competition sought to encourage and promote Texas filmmaking by showing both short and feature films produced and shot in Texas. Jury members included:
- Tim McCanlies (director and writer)
- Robert Loggia (actor)
- Tom Huckabee (writer and producer)
- ANIMATION COMPETITION JURY: The Animation Competition featured films that explore the many potential avenues and media utilized in film animation today. Jury members included:
- Reel FX Studios
- Paul Maxwell (artist)
- STUDENT COMPETITION JURY: The Student Competition showcased the best from up-and-coming filmmakers across the world, including both short and feature length films created by high school and college students. Jury members included:
- Rick Worland (Associate Professor and Chair, Division of Cinema-Television, SMU)
- Carolyn Macartney (Assistant Professor, SMU)
- Kevin Heffernan (Associate Professor, SMU)
- Greg Mansur (Instructor of Radio-TV-Film, TCU)
- David Whillock (Professor of Film, TCU)
- SHORTS COMPETITION JURY: The Shorts Competition presented the most innovative films from around the world that push the edge of traditional storytelling in 30 minutes or less. Jury members included:
- Jeremy Coon (producer)
- Lane Kneedler (AFI FEST Programmer).
Daily updates from the first annual AFI DALLAS International Film Festival presented by Target, founding sponsor Victory Park, March 22 to April 1, 2007 
Monday, April 2, 2007
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury
The AFI DALLAS International Film Festival presented its 2007 film awards at a Closing Night ceremony March 31, 2007. Several awards were determined by jury.