Sonoma County Office of Education

Five-Minute Film Festival Entries

Five-Minute Film Festival Entries

Festival LogoThis year, SCOE its second annual Five-Minute Film Festival. This was an opportunity for K-12 students to demonstrate learning in a 21st century context and showcase their work in front of a community audience. To participate, students created short videos (up to five-minutes long) on the theme of “Patterns” and submitted them to a SCOE for judging by a celebrity panel. The top 15 films debuted at the Festival on March 14. Learn more and read about the winning films here.

All 94 films submitted are shown below, with the winning films highlighted first. You can use the Search box, above right, to search for a specific film.


Judge-Selected Winners

Grades K-5
"Patternless" | By Santia DePaola | Oak Grove Elementary


Grades 6-8
"The Amazing Cow Cam" | By Blake Macheras, Kaden Anderson, and Kieran Douglass | Willowside Middle



High School
"Violence in a Generation" | Cheloy Gonzalez, Katie McUgh, Indiana DeFrancesco, and Shayna Kubiceck | Windsor High School



Audience Choice Winner

"Mandala Project" | By the Students of Room 24 | Kawana Academy of the Arts & Sciences


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Patterns in Every Day Life
By "Gwen Fairweather, Ella Hanwright, Rubie Sol Wright, View All...
Grade 7, Orchard View School
Patterns in Ice
By "Elizabeth Cairati, Chelsea Garrick, Alexandra Cadena"
Grade 6th grade, Olivet Elementary Charter School
Patterns in Junkyards
By Marron Stanley
Grade 6, Windsor Middle School
Patterns in Male and Female Sports
By Averie Schmuhl
Grade 6, Windsor Middle School
Patterns in Nature
By Levi Bates
Grade 5, Oak Grove Elementary
Patterns in Nature with Bear Shrylls
By "Lucas Drenth, Colin Junge, Lincoln Lager, View All...
Grade 7, Willowside Middle
Patterns in Orca Whale Communication
By "Jose King, Juan Garcia, Tyler Polston"
Grade 6, Olivet Elementary Charter School
Patterns in Snail Shells
By "Evelin Cortez, , Liyah Tyohannes, View All...
Grade 6th, Olivet Charter School
Patterns in Snails and Sea Snails
By Elijah Frausto
Grade 7, Willowside Middle School
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