The Kern High Film Fest took place at the Bakersfield Fox Theater on Tuesday, March 25 showcasing work done by Kern High School students across the district.

Awards were split into 7 categories including music video, documentary, news story, general advertisement, news broadcasting, public service announcements, and short films with 9 individual “best of” categories. Films from across the Kern High School district were shown at the event.

Popcorn and drinks were available at the concession stands for a few while the event itself was totally free.

The best three videos were displayed in a specific category with no particular order and afterwards the winners were announced from third to first.

Lisa Krch who’s a teacher that works for the Career & Technical Education Center (CTEC) video production program said, “it gives great opportunity for students to show there work, gives filmmakers a chance to show work in the community.”

The Kern High Film Fest has normally taken place at the Career & Technical Education Center (CTEC) but this year it was held at Historic Bakersfield Fox Theater in Downtown Bakersfield. Students from West High, Frontier High, and CTEC won awards that night at the theater. The films that were shown ranged from funny, comedy, to pure horror.

Students were given a month to work on these projects for the Kern High Film Fest with students submitting their work by Feb. 21, and there were nearly 180 submissions for the film festival. Students were provided with the categories and rules for each one and three videos for each category were shown on screen at the film festival. Individual categories were also provided such as best editing, best director, best actor and actress, and more.

The films were also very outstanding, and you could tell that the students put a lot of work into making these films. The editing on a lot of these films were very well made. The event overall lasted from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Students received creditability for their work throughout the district on many topics and categories like Advertisements and Public Service Announcements or (PSAs).