Entries now open for 21st annual Slick Rock Student Film Festival in Tulare County

VISALIA, Calif. (KFSN) -- Calling each section originative teens! It's your clip to radiance astatine the 21st Annual Slick Rock Student Film Festival.

Entries are present being accepted done March 7, 2025.

"Slick Rock Student Film Festival is the largest movie festival successful the Central Valley, successful California, and 1 of the lone pupil movie festivals retired there," said Kathleen Green-Martins, coordinator for the Slick Rock Student Film Festival.

"We person students who usage their iPhones and tablets and beauteous overmuch immoderate devices they have."

Caleb Brown has won 2 Slick Rock Awards.

"I went to El Diamante High School. At El Diamante, we person a movie academy wherever you larn each things film. Whether that's editing, cinematography, directing, which is my specialty, So, my people has enactment connected a batch of astonishing films," said Brown.

"Personally, I similar to people the blockbuster and euphony video categories conscionable due to the fact that I find those to beryllium the astir cinematic and we benignant of person the astir state with those, the astir clip connected it."

Brown won a Slick Rock Award for Best Music Video.

"It tin beryllium an outlet for kids, an outlet for you to archer a communicative the mode you privation to archer it," Brown said.

Green-Martins says Tulare County Office of Education receives 400 to 500 entries a year.

"One of the highlights for america is successful May, wherever you get to person that reddish carpet and locomotion for them. We person them get by limo. We truly effort to marque it a peculiar evening," explained Green-Martins.

"Then arsenic a kid you know, what much could you inquire for than going to a large theater, and a reddish carpet seeing your movie that you conscionable created retired connected that board?" Brown added.

"So, conscionable instrumentality the unit disconnected the competitory facet and conscionable retrieve you are creating creation and doing it the mode you privation to bash it."

Winners volition beryllium announced connected May 9, 2025, astatine the Fox Theatre successful Visalia.

To cheque retired categories and rules for the festival, click here.