Speaking on the occasion, Secretary, I&B, Bimal Julka said the Resource guide endeavours to promote Indian cinema across linguistic, cultural and regional diversity, with the aim of forging an increasing number of international partnerships in the realm of distribution, production, filming in India, script development and technology, and promoting film sales and syndication.

Elaborating further, Secretary mentioned that the initiatives such as Co-production and Single Window Clearance would facilitate integration of the Indian film-makers with production houses worldwide. The guide, the first of its kind to be released at Cannes aims to position India as a “Filming Destination”.

Emphasizing on the importance of the audio-visual co-production agreements, Shri Julka said that the catalogue gave detailed information about similar co-production agreements signed with other countries so far such as UK, Canada, Germany, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Poland and New Zealand. Negotiations with Korea, Australia, China and Japan were being undertaken. He further added that it would be now possible for filmmakers of different countries to come together and make films under bi-lateral co-production agreements. Bringing different nationalities together, these arrangements would also forge new markets and wider audiences. Opening up Indian consumer market to foreign producers, these films would also be eligible for National Film Awards and Indian panorama Section of IFFI.

The inaugural address was followed by a discussion on “The Making of Grace of Monaco” - the opening film of the 2014 Cannes Film Festival - with crew members from the film. There will also be a special session on Titli, India's official entry to Cannes. Titled “The Journey to Cannes”, this session will feature Kanu Behl, the director of Titli; Avtar Panesar, Vice President, International Operations, Yash Raj Films; Guneet Monga, Founder, Sikhya Entertainment, and CEO, Anurag Kashyap Films Pvt. Ltd; and Ranvir Shorey, one of the stars of Titli.