Two months, weekend batches of IMI Filmmaking Foundation Certificate Programs are conducted every month at IMI Campus as well as at various
locations throughout India in collaboration with premier colleges & universities which are ideally suited
for working professionals as well as students who have other time commitments.
The dates below represent the day instruction start for the program.
Go to Admission Page to find out how you can apply for a seat.
Two Months Weekend Batches near your city (Saturdays & Sundays/ 3pm to 8pm/ 12 Sessions)
Live-Online Screenwriting (Next Batch)
(Live-interactive Online Course via Zoom on 15 Sundays, spread over 3 months)
Course Commencing
: 1st Dec, 2024
Last date to apply
: 30th Nov, 2024
Certificate Program Fees (2024-2025)
Despite market forces, we continue to maintain our founding principle of affordable film training for all that is of
a high standard and relevant to today's Film & Television Industry.
How does IMI calculate the price of your tuition?
One important and distinctive factor in our tution structure is that there are no financial surprises.
The cost of tuition, practical demonstrations, classroom exercises with professional camera & editing equipments for hand-on experience and study materials you require to complete your education are included in the fees of IMI Short-term Certificate Program.
During the course, students are advised to make their exercise films without incurring any additional expenses and are encouraged to pool in their resources to arrange any production needs for their projects.
Short Term Certificate Filmmaking Foundation (Total fee for Two Months Weekend, 12 Sessions)
Rs. 28,200
Admission Fee
4,200
Tuition Fee
24,000
On completion of the certificate program, all students are expected to produce their final film with their own resources and for that; all necessary equipments can be availed from IMI facilities at concession rates. Membership to Film & Text Library at IMI is also available on separate payment of yearly membership fees.
To know more about the Fee payment policy at IMI, please click here
Students at IMI
I had never ever thought of a professional career in the Film industry. I was in the last
semester of my Bachelors in Art History at Faculty of Fine Arts, when IMI came to conduct Filmmaking Foundation Program
at M.S. University, Vadodara. Initially I was least interested but on the insistence of our dean, I joined the course.
Amazingly, it carved my career path. Thanks to four films I made during the IMI Filmmaking Workshop, I got my first job
in Moving Pixel- a Production house in Ahmedabad, where I made documentaries. Within six months, I moved to Mumbai and
joined Pumpkin Pictures and worked in 3 Ad films. Now I am a freelancer, working as an Assistant Art Director in an English
language Film 'Dam 999', an Indo-Hollywood Production. Today I am flying internationally, thanks to IMI.
Despite market forces, we continue to maintain our founding principle of affordable film training for all that is of
a high standard and relevant to today's Film & Television Industry.
