IICT and YouTube unveil the first four films, under the Create with AI program, spotlighting India’s next generation of AI-led storytellers

The Indian Institute of Creative Technologies IICT and YouTube are marking a key milestone in the Create with AI programme announced in November 2025 to support AIled creative projects and strengthen Indiarsquos capabilities in emerging technologies The programme has now debuted its first four AIenabled short films marking a step towards building an ecosystem that can position India as a global leader in AIled filmmakingThe films developed by Eleventh Door Studio Avium Studios Karthik Kult Kreations and Kalpanik Films LLP were unveiled at the IICT Theatre in Mumbai and released by the filmmakers on their YouTube channels along with IICTThe programme combines IICTrsquos infrastructure and faculty mentorship with YouTubersquos AI software tools and credits enabling the participating studios to experiment with AI across concept development visualisation production and postproductionAudiences can also watch exclusive behindthescenes content exploring the tools techniques and creative processes deployed by the teamsFilmmaker Rajesh Mapuskar attended the showcase engaging with the creative teamsDr Vishwas Deoskar CEO IICT said ldquoIndia has the opportunity to lead the next chapter of AIled filmmaking The Create with AI programme brings together institutional mentorship and access to advanced AI tools giving Indian creative studios the opportunity to experiment build capabilities and develop new filmmaking workflows This is an important step towards creating an ecosystem that can place India at the forefront of AIdriven storytellingrdquoGunjan Soni Managing Director ndash India YouTube said ldquoIndia has always been an extraordinary storytelling nation but we are now seeing independent creators build production powerhouses on their own terms Generative AI fundamentally removes production bottlenecksgiving creators valuable time back to focus on writing worldbuilding and craft Our partnership with IICT demonstrates what happens when fearless Indian storytelling meets frontier technology to produce worldclass cinema on an independent scalerdquoAccording to a new Gen Media India report by Public First and Google generative media tools offer a 2037 productivity boost for creative workers in India That translates to saving roughly 390 hours every year ndash effectively giving creators nearly ten full weeks back just to focus on writing worldbuilding and refining their craftNinad Raikar COO IICT said ldquoThe question for us was never whether AI will replace creativity but what becomes possible when we equip creators with these new tools Create with AI was designed as a handson experimentbringing together Google and YouTubersquos AI technologies IICTrsquos infrastructure and faculty mentorship and the imagination of filmmakers The four films show that AI is most powerful when it expands creative possibilities while the filmmaker remains firmly at the centre of the storytelling processrdquoThe Indian Institute of Creative Technologies IICT is Indiarsquos National Centre of Excellence for Animation Visual Effects Gaming Comics and Extended Reality AVGCXR established with the Ministry of Information amp Broadcasting Government of India Government of Maharashtra FICCI and CII Its first campus began functioning at the NFDC Complex in July 2025 while a permanent 10acre campus is being developed at Film City Goregaon IICT currently offers 18 courses and has partnerships with leading global technology and media companies

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