Engages, Educates, and Empowers
New Filmmakers
Film industry professionals teach and mentor students, young and old, to step out of their comfort zone and tell their stories. We unleash untapped creativity and encourage a new generation of working filmmakers to transform the culture of the industry.
welcome to the FIFTH annual...
about this Bootcamp and festival
Now in its 5th Season, DocFilmBoot is a filmmaking boot camp that teams Orange High School students with professional filmmaking mentors to create short documentaries in just six weeks . This year was an AMAZING year because the students made a record number of films in just six weeks: FOURTEEN DOCUMENTARIES!
The FilmBoot programs originated from a brainstorming meeting between Cinema Ed and Drew University Center for Civic Engagement. Drew, through its collaboration with ValleyArts in Orange, connected the team with Orange Public Schools.
All of these short films are online and available 24 hours a day, so that anyone, anywhere can stream and screen them online. Industry and local professionals have judged the films and they were presented in a Red Carpet Screening at the Orange Preparatory Academy on April 20, 2026.
With the amazing success of DocFilmBoot and FilmBoot24 we hope to build support for FilmBoot24 and DocFilmBoot so that we can continue to team high school and college students with professionals from the film industry, to make films that not only connect students with their classes and curriculum, but also tell authentic and powerful stories. Enjoy!!
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