Kamal Haasan
Actor · Filmmaker
Nayakan · Indian · Thevar Magan · Vikram · 230+ films
4 National Awards · Padma Bhushan
India's only school for the complete filmmaker.
Eleven months. Every craft of cinema. A film city, a faculty of working professionals, and an advisory board of the people who built Indian cinema.
Jan 2027Batch starts
30 NovApply by
11 moFull-time
The people who built Indian cinema. Shaping how you'll learn it.
Our advisory board isn't a list of endorsers. It's the directors, cinematographers and editors whose films a billion people grew up on, guiding the curriculum you'll train inside.
Mani Ratnam
Director
Nayakan · Roja · Bombay · Iruvar · Ponniyin Selvan
7 National Awards · Padma Shri
P. C. Sreeram
Cinematographer · ISC
Mouna Ragam · Geethanjali · Agni Natchathiram. President, Qube Cinema
National Award, Best Cinematography · Our partner
A. Sreekar Prasad
Editor
RRR · Raavanan · Kannathil Muthamittal · 600+ films, 17 languages
9 National Awards · Member, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Jayendra Panchapakesan
Filmmaker
180 · Margazhi Raagam · Co-founded JS Films with P. C. Sreeram
Co-founder, Qube Cinema · Our partner
Senthil Kumar
Technologist
Pioneer of digital cinema, serving over 50,000 screens worldwide
Member, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences · Co-founder, Qube Cinema
Learn from those who've shaped the screen.
An advisory board of legends who lead masterclasses through your year, and a faculty of working cinematographers, editors and directors of photography. Learn directly from the people behind the films you grew up on.
Films by our advisory board and faculty include: Nayakan (1987, Mani Ratnam), Vikram (2022, Kamal Haasan), Super Deluxe (2019, Sharanya Chander), Mouna Ragam (1986, P. C. Sreeram), 180 (2011, Jayendra Panchapakesan), Killer Soup (2024, Abhishikta Kaila), Iruvar (1997, Mani Ratnam), Thevar Magan (1992, Kamal Haasan), Roja (1992, Mani Ratnam), Indian (1996, Kamal Haasan), RRR (2022, A. Sreekar Prasad), Sita Ramam (2022, Sharanya Chander), Alaipayuthey (2000, Mani Ratnam), OK Kanmani (2015, P. C. Sreeram), Hey Ram (2000, Kamal Haasan), Gargi (2022, Sraiyanti), Ponniyin Selvan (2022, Mani Ratnam), Agni Natchathiram (1988, P. C. Sreeram), Geethanjali (1989, P. C. Sreeram), Bombay (1995, Mani Ratnam), Anbe Sivam (2003, Kamal Haasan), Guru (2007, A. Sreekar Prasad), Vishwaroopam (2013, Kamal Haasan).
6Masters on the board
6Working faculty
23Films behind them
Working professionals. Still shaping the screen.
Your instructors aren't retired academics. They're cinematographers, editors and directors of photography with current credits across Netflix, festivals and Indian cinema, teaching you on real productions.
Uma Vangal
Filmmaker & Educator
Documentary filmmaker, screenwriter & film educator
Sharanya Chander
Cinematography
Super Deluxe · Sita Ramam · Coke Studio Tamil
Abhishikta Kaila
Editor
Killer Soup
Asst. to A. Sreekar Prasad (RRR, Baahubali)
Sraiyanti
Director of Photography
Gargi · Auto Queens (IDFA) · The Feast (IFFLA)
Daniel Charles
Sound Engineer
15+ yrs across live concerts, broadcast & game audio
ex-Head of Audio, Bridge Academy
Praveen Raghupathy
Writer · Director · Mentor
25,000+ trained through 180+ workshops across India
Mentored 150+ students at L.V. Prasad Film Institute
Most aspiring filmmakers don't lack talent. They lack the door into the industry.
And a school that trains every craft, not just one.
01
You love film.
You've watched hundreds, imagined your own, shot on whatever you had. But no one has shown you how to turn that obsession into a professional craft.
02
We train you on real productions.
Over eleven months you make six films on professional equipment, beside mentors who've worked on Netflix shows, Emmy-nominated projects and landmark Indian cinema.
03
You leave with proof.
Not just a certificate: a portfolio of completed films, a network of industry mentors, and the command that comes from doing the work.
Most schools give you a classroom. We give you a film city.
A 30-acre campus of real, varied locations, glass-and-steel buildings, atriums, courtyards and grounds that become your sets, with edit & DI suites and a Qube-equipped theatre. You don't simulate a production. You walk onto one.
Qura Film City, Thandalam
30
Acre campus
6
Films per student
1:3
Faculty ratio
Qube
Equipped theatre
Atriums, courtyards, glass and steel
Theory in the morning. A real set in the afternoon.
Every morning is film language and craft. Every afternoon you're on set: real cameras, real sound, real edit suites, beside industry-seasoned faculty. By month eleven you walk away with a portfolio of six completed films and the skill to back them.
Writing
Structure, screenwriting, dialogue.
Direction
Blocking, performance, visual story.
Cinematography
Camera, light, composition, colour.
Editing
Assembly, pacing, post, DI.
From the founder
“Students graduate knowing one craft, but the industry needs people who understand all of them. The gap has never been wider. QURA is what I would have wanted at twenty-two.”
Lata MuruganFounder, QURA Film AcademyFormer Head of Direction, L.V. Prasad Film & TV AcademyGranddaughter of A. V. Meiyappan, founder of AVM Studios
Industry. Academia. Technology.
Technology & Industry
Qube Cinema
Pioneer in digital cinema, 7,000+ installations across 48 countries. Equipment, screening facilities, industry network and internships.
Academic & Infrastructure
Rajalakshmi Institutions
NAAC A++ accredited, with a city campus at RMZ Millennium Park and the 30-acre Thandalam campus. World-class facilities and certification.
Marketing & Curriculum
LevelUp Learning
India's leading filmmaking education platform with 18,000+ learners. Drives admissions, industry engagement and the advisory board.
The industry is booming. The talent gap isn't.
A data-backed reason this is the moment to train as a complete filmmaker.
$30B+
Growing demand for content creators
India's media & entertainment industry is projected to reach $30 billion by 2026, fuelled by OTT platforms, regional content and digital-first studios.
Source: FICCI-EY Media & Entertainment Report, 2026
₹1.5–3L
Without structured training
Per annum · Freelance / assistant roles
₹6–12L
With industry-grade skills
Per annum · Production houses, OTT, ad agencies
4× more547M+
Streaming viewers
In India and climbing, an audience hungry for original content.
30,000+
Hours of content / year
Commissioned across Indian OTT, needing trained professionals.
80%
Freelance · No formal training
Structured education is your edge from day one.
Your edge starts here.
Apply nowEnter as a student. Leave as an auteur.
Applications for the January 2027 batch are open. The film academy where you learn every craft, not just one.
11 monthsFull-time
On-campusChennai
30 Nov 2026Deadline
Jan 2027Batch starts