The Conclusion reflects on how this volume opens up new scholarly approaches to European screen cultures through the common emphasis on place-making. We argue that, while certain familiar touchstones, such as the concept of ‘imagined communities’, are long-familiar, the turn towards transnationalism has fundamentally disrupted how European cinema and television are conceptualised. We locate the influence of the streaming platforms as the impetus for much of this disruption, demonstrating that these platforms can work both to reimagine place-making creatively, and equally, to rehash old stereotypes that play to a globalised nostalgia. As part of this argument, we consider the value placed on ‘authenticity’, a concept that may have no foundation in empirical reasoning but which is still meaningful as an agreed-upon set of values. We consider arguments raised in the volume around the significance of Public Service Media as guarantors of regional specificity both in terms of representation and also as supporters of local creative audiovisual industries. We conclude by pointing towards further potential areas for research in relation to place-making in the European screen industries. These might, for instance, include greater cross-overs with cognate disciplines in the fields of ecocriticism, specifically around questions of sustainability.