ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book examines the traditional film policy paradigm, which has governed state intervention since the birth of cinema. It focuses on the actions and voices of the various stakeholders participating in the film policy ecosystem, by either creating the policies, benefitting from them or protesting against them. The book also examines the coexistence of several layers of film policy. It describes the logic behind the creation of supranational programme Ibermedia and evaluates it by comparing it with other programmes. In the context of the digital turn and the convergence phenomenon, the book shows how the film policy paradigm is currently being not only reinvented in countries with a tradition of state intervention in cinema, but also invented in countries with no such tradition.
