Art film

[[Carl Theodor Dreyer An art film, art cinema, or arthouse film is typically an independent film, aimed at a niche market rather than a mass market audience. It is "intended to be a serious, artistic work, often experimental and not designed for mass appeal", "made primarily for aesthetic reasons rather than commercial profit", and containing "unconventional or highly symbolic content".

Film critics and film studies scholars typically define an art film as possessing "formal qualities that mark them as different from mainstream Hollywood films". These qualities can include (among other elements): a sense of social realism; an emphasis on the authorial expressiveness of the director; and a focus on the thoughts, dreams, or motivations of characters, as opposed to the unfolding of a clear, goal-driven story. Film scholars David Bordwell and Barry Keith Grant describe art cinema as "a film genre, with its own distinct conventions".

Art film producers usually present their films at special theaters (repertory cinemas or, in the U.S., art-house cinemas) and at film festivals. The term ''art film'' is much more widely used in North America, the United Kingdom, and Australia, compared to mainland Europe, where the terms auteur films and national cinema (e.g. German national cinema) are used instead. Since they are aimed at small, niche-market audiences, art films rarely acquire the financial backing that would permit the large production budgets associated with widely released blockbuster films. Art film directors make up for these constraints by creating a different type of film, one that typically uses lesser-known film actors or even amateur actors, and modest sets to make films that focus much more on developing ideas, exploring new narrative techniques, and attempting new film-making conventions.

Such films contrast sharply with mainstream blockbuster films, which are usually geared more towards linear storytelling and mainstream entertainment. Film critic Roger Ebert called ''Chungking Express'', a critically acclaimed 1994 art film, "largely a cerebral experience" that one enjoys "because of what you know about film". That said, some art films may widen their appeal by offering certain elements of more familiar genres such as documentary or biography. For promotion, art films rely on the publicity generated from film critics' reviews; discussion of the film by arts columnists, commentators, and bloggers; and word-of-mouth promotion by audience members. Since art films have small initial investment costs, they only need to appeal to a small portion of mainstream audiences to become financially viable. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Other Authors: ...International Art Film Federation...

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    Published 2001
    ...FineArt Film...

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    ...Ciné-Art Film...

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    Published 1980
    ...China Art Film, Ltd...

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    Ḥamām al-malāṭīlī
    حمام الملاطيلي
    Published 2000
    ...Fine Art Film (Firm)...

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    Shāhid māshafsh ḥājah
    ‏شاهد ماشفش حاجة‏
    Published 2004
    ...Fine Art Film (Firm)...

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    Ṭuyūr al-ẓalām
    طيور الظلام
    Published 2002
    ...FineArt Film (Firm)...

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    45 yawm
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    Published 2008
    ...FineArt Film (Firm)...

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    Laylah sākhinah
    ليلة ساخنة
    Published 2000
    ...FineArt Film (Firm)...

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    Fī maḥaṭṭat Miṣr
    في محطة مصر
    Published 2006
    ...Fine Art Film (Firm)...

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    Arḍ al-khawf /
    أرض الخوف
    Published 2000
    ...Fine Art Film (Firm)...

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    Published 1990
    ...Jewish Art Film Society...

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    Amrīkā shīkābīkā
    امريكا شيكابيكا
    Published 2002
    ...FineArt Film (Firm)...

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    Hāllū Shalabī /
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    Published 1990
    ...Fine Art Film (Firm)...

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    Published 1991
    ...DuArt Film & Video...

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    Published 2006
    ...DuArt Film & Video...

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    Shāhid māshafsh ḥājah
    شاهد ماشفش حاجة&#٬٢٠٠ئ؛
    Published 2004
    ...Fine Art Film (Firm)...

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    Published 2000
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    Published 1980
    ...China Art Film, ltd...

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