Begin Your Film Over Gun Violence Experience
Turn your ideas, lived experience, and creative talent into a story that can move from research to script, screen, community premiere, film festivals, and streaming audiences. CFEG's Film Over Gun Violence program gives students guided experience in writing, directing, camera, lighting, sound, editing, acting, producing, public communication, and community-centered storytelling.
New FOGV Student
First time applying to the Film Over Gun Violence summer program. Apply to the program, for a need-based scholarship, or both.
StartReturning FOGV Participant
You have taken part in FOGV before. Bring forward your prior credits and continue building your record.
StartScholarship Recipient — Complete Your Award
You were named for a FOGV scholarship. Open your secure link to review the award, build your learning plan, and accept.
StartFOGV Program Contributor — Volunteer, Cast, Crew, or Production Participant
Select this option if you are volunteering, joining the cast or crew, or otherwise participating in a FOGV production and need to complete the required program documentation before beginning your approved activities.
StartFilm Over Gun Violence Summer Program
Program features included
- ▸Complete independent-film bootcamp
- ▸Professional mentorship and workforce development
- ▸Access to 4K cameras, lighting kits, sound equipment, editing software, sets, studio spaces, and approved specialty equipment
- ▸Humanities, Virgin Islands civic history, local culture, community research, and anti-gun-violence study
- ▸Hands-on acting and supervised production-shoot experience
- ▸Weekly small-group coaching from directors, producers, writers, journalists, actors, and business professionals
- ▸Movie-theatre red-carpet premiere, community showcases, screenings, Q&A participation, press interviews, and photo opportunities
- ▸Official Film Over Gun Violence certificate and school or transcript credit where approved
- ▸Digital showcase, streaming exposure, and covered film-festival submission fees
- ▸Ongoing alumni network, film-group meetups, job boards, and priority casting or crew opportunities
- ▸Family and community participation, behind-the-scenes updates, and special invitations
Skills and student benefits
- ▸Research and source evaluation
- ▸Story and script development
- ▸Directing and producing concepts
- ▸Camera, framing, movement, exposure, and composition
- ▸Lighting design and safe set practice
- ▸Sound recording, microphone placement, monitoring, and room tone
- ▸Acting, character interpretation, blocking, continuity, monologue, and on-camera communication
- ▸Editing, scene assembly, pacing, sound, graphics, titles, and review cycles
- ▸Public speaking, Q&A preparation, red-carpet presentation, and press communication
- ▸Film credits, festival categories, submissions, distribution, résumés, and portfolio presentation
- ▸Real-world collaborative film experience transferable to school, college applications, and careers
- ▸Sustained mentorship, professional networks, public recognition, and future creative opportunities
FOGV gives students access to training, mentors, professional tools, public platforms, and creative opportunities that many young people cannot independently access on-island. Students learn to research the issues affecting their communities, translate that understanding into story, and build work that can be presented locally and carried to audiences around the world.
| Program value | Standard FOGV registration | Family savings |
|---|---|---|
| Estimated value of included instruction, mentorship, equipment, production, premiere, portfolio, and festival opportunities | $5,500+ | |
| FOGV student registration cost | $500 | |
| Estimated student savings | More than $5,000 / 90%+ |
Limited need-based scholarships may be available on a sliding scale, including awards covering up to 100% of program tuition. A scholarship application does not guarantee an award.
Looking for a non-FOGV award? Open the general CFEG scholarship application.