by Nick Miller
At the 2025 Slick Rock Student Film Festival, Redwood High School’s video program once again proved its dominance, bringing home six Slick Rock awards—including the coveted Best of Show.
This marks the third consecutive year Redwood students have earned six or more awards at the festival, with totals of seven in 2023 and 2024, and six in 2025. With 37 awards earned over the past decade, Redwood now holds the record for the most Slick Rocks won by any school in the festival’s 20-year history.
Senior Hannah Johnson, ’25, made history of her own. She earned five awards this year, bringing her career total to 13—more than any Redwood student before her.
This year’s winning entries include:
• Sports Highlight – “Redwood Friday Night Lights”
Hannah Johnson, ’25; Erik Navarro, ’25; Savannah LaRue, ’25; Analyz Mendoza, ’25; Vincent Barba, ’25; Titus Silapachai, ’25
• Feature Segment – “Tony’s Strength”
Erik Navarro, ’25; Hannah Johnson, ’25; Tony Thompson, ’25; Grace Hyatt, ’25
• Public Service Announcement – “Visit Visalia”
Grace Hyatt, ’25; Aeris Avila, ’25; Jaden Gutierrez, ’25
• Original Music Video – “Melody Gone Wrong”
Hannah Johnson, ’25; Jesus Rivera Lopez, ’25; Lily Seargeant, ’25; Jared Calvillo, ’25; Autumn Batti, ’25; Michela Pasquini, ’25
• Best of Show – “The Orbit” (Blockbuster Category)
Jesus Rivera Lopez, ’25; Hannah Johnson, ’25; Lily Seargeant, ’25; Sef Feierbach, ’25; Omar Juarez Panama, ’25
The Slick Rock Student Film Festival, hosted annually by the Tulare County Office of Education and the ABC30 network, celebrates outstanding student filmmakers from across the Central Valley. Categories range from short documentaries and PSAs to sports highlights and music videos.
With another powerful showing in 2025, Redwood’s media program continues to set the bar for student video production in the region—and its students continue to build résumés and reels that will open doors well beyond high school.
nmiller
Imagine spending your days talking about ideas that you love with people you genuinely care about. Not bad, that. I advise some journalists and teach some literature at Redwood High School in Visalia, Ca.
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