Choose your path · FOLLOW YOUR PASSION
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
One-Year Diplomas
Capture it, or generate it.
Photography and Cinematography Courses in India, built for PDAP students who want to specialise: wildlife, fashion, travel, advertising, photojournalism, sports and automotive, or architecture and interior. AI Filmmaking and Digital Cinematography (PDAC) follows a separate path, built around AI-driven filmmaking and digital production
PDAP
Admission Open
Professional Diploma inPhotography and Cinematography
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
Admission Open
Professional Diploma inAI Filmmaking and
Digital Cinematography
Image generation and video production, through 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
Portfolio + AI Film
Specialisations are chosen at enrolment, and more than one is allowed. Each specialisation is taught by mentors who actively work in that genre today.
Why Creative Hut
A campus built to make you employable.
Not a coaching centre and not a part-time class. Our photography and cinematography courses run as a residential film school, where you shoot, edit and review real work every single day
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100% residential Gurukul
Students and faculty share one campus in Mattakkara, Kottayam, all year.
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24×7 mentor guidance
Full-time mentorship from the experienced working industry professionals.
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Real work every day
Mornings for demos, afternoons for shoots, evenings for reviews. Practice-led.
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AI-integrated curriculum
Modern AI tools used responsibly across planning, production and post.
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Portfolio and film outcome
You leave with a market-ready body of work, not just a certificate.
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Placement assistance
Career support, portfolio reviews and referrals for jobs and freelancing.
PDAP
Choose Your Genre
Select your specialisation in
photography and cinematography.
Photography and Cinematography Courses in India, built for PDAP students who want to specialise: wildlife, fashion, travel, advertising, photojournalism, sports and automotive, or architecture and interior. AI Filmmaking and Digital Cinematography (PDAC) follows a separate path, built around AI-driven filmmaking and digital production
Fashion Photography and Cinematography
Know MoreTravel Photography and Cinematography
Know MoreSports & Automotive Photography and Cinematography
Know MoreArchitecture & Interior Photography and Cinematography
Know MoreSpecialisations are chosen at enrolment, and more than one is allowed. Each specialisation is taught by mentors who actively work in that genre today.
Recognised and affiliated
Affiliations
Proof, not just promises
Rising Embers. The world's first AI feature film made inside a film school.
Made by twenty students on our campus. Artificial intelligence is reshaping this industry fast, and we adopt and use it deliberately, not as a gimmick. The college always moves with the industry. Rising Embers is a 130-minute feature film with eight original songs, and has already picked up award recognition.
20
Students
4
MENTORS
1st
Of its kind
Who teaches you
You learn beside them, not from a slideshow.
This is a residential Gurukul. Our faculty make sure to provide the encouragement, the right path, and the guidance each student needs. With daily shoots, edits, and reviews, they build your confidence to work as photographers, filmmakers, and creators, right from day one.
Founder
Abin Alex
Founder and Director
Director of Rising Embers. 25 years of teaching experience. 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 our faculty
Resident and visiting mentors
Admissions open
Talk or Text to us, 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
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In their words
What our students actually say.
Real reviews from real students and alumni across India talking about their residential year here. Watch, listen, or read what they actually experienced.
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
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Student work
More than a brochure. Their actual films.
Every student on our photography and cinematography courses graduates with a collection of works, like wildlife and travel portfolios, documentaries, short films, songs, and AI films that travel to festivals, OTT, and screens.
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.
Whether you're weighing our photography and cinematography courses or the AI filmmaking path, understand your course, career options, and the industry before you decide.
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Common questions
Still deciding?
The questions people ask most about photography, cinematography and AI filmmaking here.
What courses does Creative Hut Academy offer?
Creative Hut Academy offers two one-year residential diploma programmes: the Professional Diploma in Photography and Cinematography (PDAP) and the Professional Diploma in AI Filmmaking and Digital Cinematography (PDAC). Both are taught at the academy’s residential campus in Mattakkara, Kottayam, Kerala.
What is the difference between PDAP and PDAC, and how do I choose?
PDAP is the complete photography and cinematography course, camera to colour grade, with AI woven through planning and post. PDAC puts AI at the centre of the filmmaking process itself, from image generation to the full edit. Pick PDAP to master the camera first, PDAC to direct with AI tools at the core.
What will I actually learn to do, day to day?
You move through the full production pipeline: concept development and visualisation, story and screenplay, storyboard and shot division, then photography, cinematography and livestreaming on set. In post, you edit and colour grade in Premiere Pro and DaVinci Resolve, and in PDAC, prompt tools like Kling, Runway, Veo and Seedance to generate and refine footage.
Do I need any experience before I join?
No. Both diplomas start from the ground up, built for complete beginners as well as those with some experience. What matters is being ready to shoot, edit and review real work every day.
Can I specialise, and in what?
Yes, in PDAP: wildlife, fashion, travel, advertising, photojournalism, sports and automotive, or architecture and interior. You choose during the year once you’ve found your direction, and build a focused portfolio and film in it.
Is it really fully residential, and where?
Yes, 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?
Primarily English, with Hindi and Malayalam also used, so students from across India can follow along.
What will I complete by the end of the programme?
A market-ready body of work, not just a certificate. PDAP students complete the programme with a portfolio and a documentary film. PDAC students complete it with a full AI film workflow and finished work.