5-Hour Filmmaking Challenge — November Edition!
Niv Art Centre, Neb Sarai, Delhi
22 November, 2026
9:45 AM
Can you write, shoot, edit, and premiere a film in just five hours?
Put your creativity and filmmaking skills to the test at the 5-Hour Filmmaking Challenge, an intensive, team-based competition where creativity matters more than budget. The theme will be revealed on the spot, and each team will have just five hours to transform an idea into a completed short film.
How It Works:
Team Formation: Teams will be formed by the organisers from among registered participants, one day before the event. The allocation will be based on participants’ skills and available equipment to ensure a balanced and collaborative experience.
Five Hours to Create: Each team must develop, shoot, and edit a short film within the allotted five hours.
Your Film Set: From the rooftop and amphitheatre to galleries, studios, dorm rooms, and other creative spaces, NIV Art Centre becomes your filmmaking playground.
Screening & Awards: The challenge concludes with a public screening of the completed films, followed by jury feedback, awards, and popcorn.
Who Can Participate?
No prior experience is required. Whether you are a writer, actor, director, editor, cinematographer, musician, or simply passionate about storytelling, you are welcome to participate. Bring your ideas, collaborate with fellow creators, and experience the excitement of making a film under time constraints.
Recognition & Prize
The winning team will receive a cash prize and recognition from the judges for their creative work and filmmaking efforts.
Registration Deadline: 18 November 2026, 4:00 PM
Put your creativity and filmmaking skills to the test at the 5-Hour Filmmaking Challenge, an intensive, team-based competition where creativity matters more than budget. The theme will be revealed on the spot, and each team will have just five hours to transform an idea into a completed short film.
How It Works:
Team Formation: Teams will be formed by the organisers from among registered participants, one day before the event. The allocation will be based on participants’ skills and available equipment to ensure a balanced and collaborative experience.
Five Hours to Create: Each team must develop, shoot, and edit a short film within the allotted five hours.
Your Film Set: From the rooftop and amphitheatre to galleries, studios, dorm rooms, and other creative spaces, NIV Art Centre becomes your filmmaking playground.
Screening & Awards: The challenge concludes with a public screening of the completed films, followed by jury feedback, awards, and popcorn.
Who Can Participate?
No prior experience is required. Whether you are a writer, actor, director, editor, cinematographer, musician, or simply passionate about storytelling, you are welcome to participate. Bring your ideas, collaborate with fellow creators, and experience the excitement of making a film under time constraints.
Recognition & Prize
The winning team will receive a cash prize and recognition from the judges for their creative work and filmmaking efforts.
Registration Deadline: 18 November 2026, 4:00 PM
₹ 349 per ticket
Terms & Conditions
• Tickets will be sent on the email provided. In case you do not receive the ticket on your email address after the payment has been made, please contact us at [email protected].
• Tickets cannot be refunded after the payment.
• Refund will be made only in cases an event is cancelled or postponed to another day after deduction of platform charges/booking fees, after confirmation of the cancellation from the event host.
• In case an event is cancelled or postponed, the responsibility to inform the guests who had booked tickets is of the event host.
• Misbehavior at event venue can lead to expulsion from the venue.
• Venue rules apply.
• The responsibility for the event, ensuring necessary permissions and requirements are met is of the host.
• Tickets will be sent on the email provided. In case you do not receive the ticket on your email address after the payment has been made, please contact us at [email protected].
• Tickets cannot be refunded after the payment.
• Refund will be made only in cases an event is cancelled or postponed to another day after deduction of platform charges/booking fees, after confirmation of the cancellation from the event host.
• In case an event is cancelled or postponed, the responsibility to inform the guests who had booked tickets is of the event host.
• Misbehavior at event venue can lead to expulsion from the venue.
• Venue rules apply.
• The responsibility for the event, ensuring necessary permissions and requirements are met is of the host.