(12 May 2006 3:30 pm)

MUMBAI: A Digital Cinema Show is being organised by Saicom Trade Fairs & Exhibitions from 26 May to 28 May at Nehru Centre, Worli, Mumbai from 11 am to 7.00 pm. The show consists of an exhibition, conferences and film screenings.

The show as well as the conference will have exhibits and speakers from all over the world and India and is sponsored by JVC and Panasonic of Japan, Quantel and Western Digital of UK, Digital Film Systems of Ireland and AGIV India, states an official release.

The purpose behind the event is to make the producers, directors and technicians of the film industry aware of the digital technology and the method of making films from script to screen using this latest trend. It is a free entry show for the technicians as well as producers and directors of the film and television industry, adds the release.

There are at least two dozen films being made in India using high definition digital format out of which 16 are being made in Mumbai itself and rest of them in Hyderabad and Chennai.