Choose your path · Since 2007
Timeless craft, or new-age AI.
One residential year in Kerala.
A film and AI filmmaking college built on daily practice. Pick the diploma that fits how you want to create, then go deep with a specialisation and graduate with real work.
2
Core diplomas
12+
Specialisations
1 yr
Fully residential
500+
Guided portfolios
100+
Films and docs
2007
Established
The fork
Capture it, or generate it.
Two one-year diplomas on one residential campus. Both begin with photography and cinematography, then split, one goes deeper into the lens, the other into AI filmmaking. Pick the one that fits the work you want to make.
PDAP
Most popular
Professional Diploma inPhotography and Cinematography
The complete craft, camera to colour grade, with AI woven through planning and post.
Photography, lighting and cinematography from the ground up
Choose one of 12+ genre specialisations
Graduate with a portfolio and a documentary film
1 year
Residential
Portfolio + Film
PDAC
New age
Professional Diploma inAI Filmmaking and
Digital Cinematography
New-age filmmaking, from image generation and video production to sound and the full edit.
AI-assisted filmmaking and image generation
Cinematic storytelling and video production
Sound design, editing and complete film workflow
1 year
Residential
Film workflow
Both are one year, fully residential, with 24×7 mentor guidance
Why Creative Hut
A campus built to make you employable.
Not a coaching centre and not a part-time class. A residential film school where you shoot, edit and review real work every single day.
01
100% residential Gurukul
Students and faculty share one campus in Mattakkara, Kottayam, all year.
02
24×7 mentor guidance
Working professionals on hand for reviews, doubts and shoots, day and night.
03
Real work every day
Mornings for demos, afternoons for shoots, evenings for reviews. Practice-led.
04
AI-integrated curriculum
Modern AI tools used responsibly across planning, production and post.
05
Portfolio and film outcome
You leave with a market-ready body of work, not just a certificate.
06
Placement assistance
Career support, portfolio reviews and referrals for jobs and freelancing.
Then specialise
Choose the genre you'll go deep in.
Every PDAP student picks a specialisation and builds a focused portfolio and film in it. You choose it once you have found your direction, and a mentor who works in that field shapes the portfolio and film you build.
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Rising Embers. The world's first AI feature film made inside a film school.
Produced by twenty students over four months on our campus. This is what a residential year of real practice, now with AI woven in, can produce.
20
Students
4 mo
Production
1st
Of its kind
Who teaches you
You learn beside them, not from a slideshow.
This is a residential Gurukul. The people who shoot, edit, and review with you every day are working photographers and filmmakers, on campus, all year. A few of them.
Founder
Abin Alex
Founder and Director
Director of Rising Embers. 25 years teaching. Canon Photomentor for eight years.
Anu Joseph
Associate Director
Guides student productions and the AI film pipeline on campus.
Joseph Alex
Lyricist and Sound Designer
Malayalam lyricist and scriptwriter. Teaches lyric writing and cinema sound.
Ahamed Shaheen S
Automotive and Wedding Filmmaker
Founder of Scene Six Studios. A Creative Hut alumnus, now visiting faculty.
Meet the full faculty
Resident and visiting mentors, on the Mattakkara campus
Admissions open
Talk it through before you decide.
Choosing between the two diplomas, or unsure which specialisation suits you? A counsellor will walk you through it in a few minutes.
Reply within 24 hours, usually much sooner
A real person, no pressure, no spam
Your details stay private
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Message a counsellor on WhatsApp
Ask about fees, hostel, the syllabus, or which path fits you. We answer everything.
or call +91 85470 44220
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In their words
What our students actually say.
Real reviews our alumni posted themselves on Google, from students who came from across India and stayed a residential year. Watch a few, or read them.
Watch their stories
Govardhan
Surya N Sundaran
Rahul Rao
Punnia Jones
★★★★★
The most comfortable and safest photography college for upcoming female photographers, under the guidance of excellent faculty.
Punnia Jones
Calicut, Kerala
★★★★★
They prepare you for your future career and how to present yourself in the industry, and teach you many softwares for photography and video editing. Always a positive atmosphere, and it keeps you just like home.
Heer Mahant
Mumbai, Maharashtra
★★★★★
The best photography institute with supportive and experienced faculties. If you love photography and cinematography, this is the best choice. This is my happy place.
R N Jaya Sai
Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh
★★★★★
The only college made for photographers from all over India. Complete guidance for portfolio and assignments prepares you for the job. A complete package to become a professional photographer.
Pooja Singh
Durgapur, West Bengal
★★★★★
Abin sir and Anu ma'am take care of all the students like their own child. Staying with the gurus does not feel like being away from home.
Sumit Chauhan
Ahmedabad, Gujarat
★★★★★
The best place to develop your photography skills. The faculty helped me find out what I am capable of. It was like a second home, and the best thing is the Gurukul lifestyle.
Anshul Sani
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh
Read all student reviews
Verified reviews posted by alumni on Google
Student work
Not a brochure. Their actual films.
Every student leaves with a body of work, wildlife and travel portfolios, documentaries, short films, songs, and AI films that travel to festivals, OTT, and screens. Press play on a few.
500+ portfolios · 100+ films
Short Film
Ezhudhaa Kadhai
Kevin Navis
Song
June Maasa Pulariyil
Anandu V
Travel
Impressions
Mohite Pranavika Dipak
AI Film
A Life Given to God
Nandhana P B
Documentary
Water Flows, But Not for All
Abel Benjamin Samuel
Portrait
Epiphany
Kavya Pandav
Multigenre
Kaleidoscope
Architha B
Wildlife
Bara Mama
Keaton Lemos
View all student work
Documentaries, short films, songs, and portfolios from across India
Know the field before you commit
The field, and where it leads.
Plain-language guides to the courses, the industry and the careers, so you choose with your eyes open.
Explore the field
What these courses are, and where India's industry is heading.
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Plan the career
The roles, the money and the path after you graduate.
AI Filmmaking
AI Filmmaking Career
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Common questions
Still weighing it up?
The questions people ask most when they are choosing between the two diplomas. If yours is not here, message us and a counsellor will answer it.
What is the difference between the two diplomas?
PDAP is the complete photography and cinematography craft, camera to colour grade, with AI woven through planning and post. PDAC is new-age filmmaking built around AI, from image and video generation to sound and the full edit. Same one residential year, different centre of gravity.
Which one should I choose if I am not sure?
Pick PDAP if you want to master the camera and the traditional craft first. Pick PDAC if you want to direct films with AI tools at the core. If you are still torn, message us and a counsellor, not a bot, will talk it through with you.
Do both diplomas include AI?
Yes, AI is part of both. PDAP uses it responsibly across planning and post while you learn the classical craft. PDAC puts AI at the centre of the filmmaking process itself.
Do I need a background in photography or film?
No. Both diplomas start from the ground up and are built for complete beginners as well as those with some experience. What matters is that you are ready to shoot, edit and review real work every day.
What is a specialisation, and when do I pick one?
Every PDAP student chooses a genre to go deep in, wildlife, fashion, travel, architecture and more, and builds a focused portfolio and film in it. You choose it during the year once you have found your direction.
Is the programme fully residential, and where?
Yes, it is a fully residential Gurukul on our campus in Mattakkara, Kottayam, Kerala. Students and faculty share the campus through the year, with reviews and shoots day and night.
What languages are classes taught in?
Classes are run in English, Hindi and Malayalam, and students join from across India.
What will I graduate with?
A market-ready body of work, not just a certificate. PDAP students leave with a portfolio and a documentary film. PDAC students leave with a complete AI-assisted film workflow and finished work.