‘In Between the Negatives’ is part of a larger research collaboration across India, Taiwan and Brazil called the Arkebara Collective that is working toward a preservation manifesto. It is rooted in Majority-World filmmaking realities rather than borrowing from institutions that were never built for us. Along with the case study of Tiger’s Pond (2025), an independent feature film shot on 16mm film, are interviews with contemporary practitioners – cinematographers, producers, colorists – working in Indian independent cinema.