2024 Winning Videos

The Slick Rock Student Film Festival is Central California's premier film competition for middle and high school students in Fresno, Kern, Kings, Madera, Mariposa, Merced, and Tulare counties. It is a program of the Tulare County Office of Education with support from the Tulare County Suicide Prevention Task Force.

Slick Rock challenges students to meet industry standards in the technical aspects of film production. The competition is divided into two levels: middle school and high school. Each level offers a variety of film genres for participation.

The Annual Slick Rock Student Film Festival awards ceremony was held at the Visalia Fox Theatre on May 10, 2024 and featured the presentation of awards in each category. The winning videos are posted below.

Over 470 videos from 43 schools throughout the Central Valley were submitted by more than 890 middle and high school students. During the day at the Fox Theatre, over 180 films designated as the Premiere Cut films were also shown.

Click the PLAY buttons below to view the 2024 winning entry in each category.

Best of Show Winners

MS General PSA

Embrace Your Ideas
Middle School Best of Show
Riley Gentz
Clark Intermediate School, Clovis
HS Documentary

Cultivating Community with Salt+Light
High School Best of Show
Yixuan Liang, Bennett Martella, Esmeralda Mejia
El Diamante High School, Visalia

Middle School Category Winners

MS Blockbuster

Bananas
Blockbuster
Lillian Garringer, Darcy Gentz, Logan Gentz, Huxly Gentz, Riley Gentz 
Clark Intermediate School, Clovis

MS Documentary

Equestrian Riding
Documentary
Taylor Davis, Kendra Holmes
North Fork Elementary School, O'Neals

MS General Advertisement

Minarets Youth Football
General Advertisement
Tyler Virgi
Spring Valley Elementary School, O'Neals
MS General PSA

Embrace Your Ideas
General PSA
Riley Gentz
Clark Intermediate School, Clovis

Middle and High School Category Winners

Flavored Tobaccco/Vaping Prevention PSA

Nutrition and Physical Activity PSA

Opioids, Fentanyl, and Marijuana Prevention PSA

Don't Cloud Your Future
Flavored Tobacco/Vaping Prevention PSA
Logan Blackmon, Hannah Johnson, Elijah Ochs
Redwood High School, Visalia


Eat Health, Be Healthy
Nutrition and Physical Activity PSA
Brooklyn Amstutz, Ian Cook, Hannah Johnson, Micah Stipech, and William Youngquist
Redwood High School, Visalia

Education Against Fentanyl
Opioid, Fentanyl and Marijuana PSA
Hunter Burch, David Ramos
West High School, Bakersfield


High School Category Winners

Animation

Life Itself
Animation
Cole Frausto
Minarets High School, O'Neals 


HS Blockbuster

Lurk
Blockbuster
Timmy Le, Noah Powell, Michael Weaver

El Diamante High School


HS Documentary

Cultivating Community with Salt+Light
Documentary 
Yixuan Liang, Bennett Martella, Esmeralda Mejia
El Diamante High School, Visalia

HS General Advertisement

Camero
General Advertisement
Brooklyn Amstutz, Trey Amundson, Emma Harrell, Tanner Hoffman, Elijah Ochs
Redwood High School, Visalia

 



HS General PSA

Be a Life Saver
General PSA
Hannah Johnson, Elijah Ochs
Redwood High School, Visalia


Music Video - Cover

La Vie En Rose
Music Video - Cover
Katelyn Hartman, Trace Hartman, Landon Peckham
Clovis West High School, Fresno

Music Video - Original

On My Mind
Music Video - Original
Trey Amundson, Payten Ball, Eli Bradshaw, Juliet Prosser
Redwood High School, Visalia


News Broadcast

Jesse’s Story
News Broadcast
Ciera Alvarez, Autumn Batti, Grace Hyatt, Hannah Johnson, Jesse Santellano, Elijah Ochs
Redwood High School, Visalia


Sports Highlights

Ranger Nation
Sports Highlights
Brooklyn Amstutz, Trey Amundson, Donya Hassanshahi, Grace Hyatt, Hannah Johnson, Erik Navarro
Redwood High School, Visalia

Suicide Prevention PSA

Help A Friend Break Free
Suicide Prevention PSA
Ivan Perez, Aubrey Navarro, Erik Webb
West High School, Bakersfield

Past Winners

For more information about the Slick Rock Film Festival, please contact Slick Rock staff at slickrock@tcoe.org.