( 26 May 2006 8:00 pm)

MUMBAI: Digital Cinema Show 2006, organised by Saicom Trade Fairs & Exhibitions got underway in Mumbai today. The three day trade show is packaged with an exhibition, conferences and film screenings.

This year's conference topics range from the Cost effectiveness of digital cinema to Animation for digital cinema. Panel discussions and analyses on topics such as Digital Intermediate Film Production, Releasing digital films through satellites, Creating storage for digital cinema at reasonable cost, Digital films from script to screen, Distribution and Exhibition of digital movies and Digital cinema technology from production to post production also feature the three-day line up.

The show as well as the conference has exhibits and speakers from around the world and India. The sponsors for this year's event include JVC and Panasonic of Japan, Quantel and Western Digital of UK, Digital Film Systems of Ireland and AGIV India.

The exhibitors in the trade show include ADI Media, Mhatre Electronics, Quantel Ltd, Screen World Publication, Yasuka Corporation, The FX Factory, Studio Assist and Western Digital.