This book is an output of our international research project, FilmInd. It offers an interdisciplinary overview of the film and place relationship from an intercultural perspective. It explores the complex domain of place and space in cinema and the film industry's role in establishing cultural connections and economic cooperation between India and Europe. With contributions from leading international scholars, various case studies scrutinise European and Indian contexts, exploring both the established and emerging locations. The book extends the dominantly Britain-oriented focus on India’s cinema presence in Europe to European countries such as Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Slovenia, Finland and Sweden, where the Indian film industry progressively expands its presence. Through the chapters of this book, it looks at Indian film production in Europe as a cultural bridge between India and Europe, fostering mutual understanding of the culture and society of the two regions.

As part of the project FilmInd we have developed material in the form of a workshop concept and other tools. The aim of this material is to help interested parties identify local strengths and inspire mutual exchange and learning. The workshop concept will help the participants identify a region’s strengths and weaknesses and define a local profile to convey. The research in this project has been focused on the Indian film industry, however, the workshop and tools in this guidebook can also be used with other film industries in mind.