Lights and Magic is a wedding film studio based in Colombo. The company trades as Lights and Magic International (Pvt) Ltd. In 2022 they won Best Destination Wedding Videographer Sri Lanka at the LUX LIFE Leaders in Luxury Awards, and in January 2026 they announced they had been named in the International Elite 100 for a second time.
Every wedding is released as a Story-Teller, a cinematic film of about three and a half to five minutes built around the couple's own words: vows, speeches and what they say about each other on the day. Their listing describes the style as a highlight you can watch over and over, woven from speeches, ceremony audio and music, and also offers a documentary edit that follows the day in order.
“Just like each relationship, every wedding film we create is distinct.”
Lights and Magic
On the day they plan ahead so the wedding stays with the couple and their families, setting aside short windows for the cinematic scenes. Their listing names getting-ready moments, full coverage of the ceremony, speeches and toasts, a one-hour portrait session, up to three cinematographers and a drone, with a three to five minute highlight and up to 90 minutes of full-feature film. For Aanya and Nikhil they cut the Story-Teller in five hours so it could be played at the reception.
Much of their work is in Sri Lanka: Cinnamon Life, the Galle Face Hotel and the Taj Samudra in Colombo, Cinnamon Bentota Beach and Villa Bentota on the south-west coast, the hills of Kandy, Heritance Kandalama at Dambulla and a three-day wedding at Pasikudah. They also travel, with published films from Kuala Lumpur and Langkawi in Malaysia, Raffles Hotel and Sentosa in Singapore, Fiji and the Scottish Highlands, and many of their couples fly in from the UK, Canada and the United States.
Their films often record weddings that bring two traditions together: a Sinhala Poruwa ceremony alongside Hindu rites at Bentota, Indian and Fijian customs in Fiji, kilts and saris in Scotland, and Tamil, Hindu and civil ceremonies in Malaysia. They work alongside the couple's planner and photographer, and credit them on each film.
