Siddharth Injeti did not come from a film family. He did not learn cinema in a classroom. And he strongly believes that cinema cannot be taught in one.

Along the way, he saw a harsh truth that most film schools don’t talk about.They teach subjects, not cinema.They teach departments, not how departments work together.They teach theory, not decision-making under pressure. Cinema, Siddharth believes, is not an individual skill.

It is a collective craft A writer cannot write well without understanding editing. A cinematographer cannot shoot well without understanding art direction. A sound designer cannot design sound without understanding direction and performance.

Yet most aspiring filmmakers are forced to choose a department before they understand cinema as a whole.That gap is why First Film Fever exists.Not as a course.Not as a film school.

But as a real filmmaking community.

At First Film Fever, learning happens the only way it truly can by being inside a film, rotating across all departments, observing professionals at work, and slowly discovering where you truly belong.

Siddharth is a TEDx Speaker, a 40 Under 40 awardee, and has been recognised as one of India’s Most Influential Content Leaders. But titles were never the goal.
The goal has always been simple:

To make cinema accessible to those who are willing to earn it.