Film Restoration in Digital Era! Film is not a pastime. It is a time capsule woven from imagination, memory, and human experience. Yet the medium that carries it is heartbreakingly mortal. Celluloid buckles under vinegar syndrome, colors drift like abandoned frescoes, and magnetic audio fades into ghostly whispers. Without intervention, […]

🎥 SICA Exclusive: Crafting the Mythic World of Kantara: Chapter 1 An Interview with Arvind S. Kashyap, ISC As part of SICA’s ongoing initiative to showcase outstanding visual storytellers shaping the future of Indian cinema, we present an exclusive conversation with Arvind S. Kashyap, ISC — a cinematographer whose work […]

Veteran Cinematographer Babu (88) Passes Away in Chennai Veteran cinematographer Babu, known for his mastery in in-camera effects and visual storytelling, passed away this morning in Chennai at the age of 88. A true craftsman behind the lens, Babu was a pillar of Tamil cinema during the late 1970s and […]

The ARRI ALEXA 265 introduces a groundbreaking evolution in 65 mm digital filmmaking, building on the legacy of its predecessor, the ALEXA 65. Designed to respond to user feedback, the ALEXA 265 offers a compact form factor, a newly enhanced 65 mm sensor, and superior image quality with 15 stops […]

Apple immersive 3D camera Apple just released “Submerged”, the first scripted short film shot entirely to be viewed with the Vision Pro. With the film, they released behind-the-scenes footage about the process that reveals the long-rumoured Apple 8K 3D camera which was used to shoot the production. Apple’s development of […]

SICA : Special Screening of “Thangalaan” Venue : Prasad lab theatre Chennai Date: 18th August 2024 / 2.30 pm The Southern India Cinematographers’ Association (SICA) hosted an exclusive screening of Director Pa Ranjith’s much-anticipated film Thangalaan released on Independence Day. The event saw a remarkable turnout of SICA members who […]

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