As we wrote back in October, VFS was a proud supporter of Gratitude Week, an important initiative to involve the local community in ending homelessness. Our Film Production program led the way – students volunteered en masse, and their contributions included shooting and editing footage from the goings-on.

After a rainy morning shoot, VFS Instructor Peter Helm said, “I was really impressed by [the students'] commitment as much to filmmaking in difficult conditions as to their passion for the cause.”

To find out more about Gratitude Week, visit gratitudeweek.org.

Below, you can watch some of the results for yourself – a short documentary about the event…

And then some behind-the-scenes footage.

The VFS student filmmakers and editors: Arun Fryer, Stijn Jonkhart, Forrest Wang, Isaiah Lester, Alex Evans, Hillary Hodges, Joshua Stern, Ross Zieroth, Pedro (Patricio) Pacheco, Layth Alkhatti, and Nathan Rogers. We’re incredibly proud of everyone who got involved!