Congratulations to this year’s winners at the 2025 Lee County Student Film and Television Award ceremony! The celebration of student achievement in film and video was a red-carpet event held at Gateway High School on Wednesday, April 30, 2025.
More than 240 entries were submitted by hundreds of students from 34 schools. Awards were presented in 17 categories across divisions for elementary, middle, and high school. Best of Show was awarded in each division, and a Lee Schools TV Choice Award was presented to one student. The honorees are:
Best in Show
- Elementary School: “The Missing Phone” by Skyline Elementary
- Middle School: “Robots in Car Manufacturing” by Oasis Middle School
- High School: “Dewey Decimal” by Cypress Lake High School
Lee Schools TV Choice Award
- Ryan Kronewriter, Estero High School
The winners of each category in each division are:
| Elementary School | Middle School | High School |
| ANIMATION | ANIMATION | ANIMATION |
| “Day in the Life of a Flamingo” | “Robots in Car Manufacturing” | “Mikolas Man” |
| Tortuga Preserve Elementary | Oasis Middle | Cypress Lake High |
| INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO | COMEDY | COMEDY |
| “How to Draw a Seahorse” | “The Interview” | “The Hall Monitor” |
| The Sanibel School | Cypress Lake Middle | Fort Myers High |
| MUSIC VIDEO | DOCUMENTARY | DOCUMENTARY |
| “Brother Video”Mirror Lakes Elementary | “Jamil’s Journey: Life on a Cruise Ship” | “Does the Real Santa Claus Teach at SFMHS?” |
| NEWS SHOW | Oak Hammock Middle | South Fort Myers High |
| “TPE TV News in Full Bloom” | INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO | INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO |
| Tortuga Preserve Elementary | “Pecan Pie” | “How to Media Day” |
| PSA/PROMO | Lehigh Acres Middle | Bonita Springs High |
| “Anti-Bullying PSA” | MUSIC VIDEO | MUSIC VIDEO |
| Veterans Park Academy for the Arts | “Forever Young” | “Dewey Decimal” |
| Oak Hammock Middle | Cypress Lake High | |
| NEWS SHOW | NEWS PACKAGE | |
| “Lynx News” | “Rules to Parent Dropoff” | |
| Lexington Middle | Cypress Lake High | |
| PROMO VIDEO | NEWS SHOW | |
| “The Green Game” | “BBN News Special 2025” | |
| Oak Hammock Middle | Bonita Springs High | |
| PSA | ON-CAMERA TALENT | |
| “Anti-Littering PSA” | AJ Leuzzi | |
| Cypress Lake Middle | Bonita Springs High | |
| NORM PROJECT PSA | PROMO VIDEO | |
| “Don’t Do Drugs” | “Little Wave” | |
| Oak Hammock Middle | Fort Myers High | |
| SHORT FILM | NORM PROJECT PSA | |
| “Sticky Notes” | “Not Interested” | |
| Oak Hammock Middle | Cypress Lake High | |
| SHORT FILM | ||
| “The Chase” | ||
| North Fort Myers High | ||
| SPORTS | ||
| “Cypress vs Estero” | ||
| Cypress Lake High |
Some of the award-winning films and videos will be featured on the School District of Lee County’s Facebook page through May. The School District wishes to thank the teachers and students who submitted entries, the parents who supported them, and the judges who scored the videos. Congratulations again to this year’s winners.
