English translation: Indie cinema ; Art-house cinema
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French to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Cinema, Film, TV, Drama / particular type of film/cinema?
French term or phrase:Art & Essais
Cinéma XXXX (salle Art & Essais, équipée 3D)
Art & Essais seems to be a widely-used term in the cinema world, less so in tourism!
This is a summer festival event featured in a regional tourist guide, so no further context available.
Whilst this isn't obvious to me - nor is it in the dictionary - I'm sure film buffs will know this instantly, and I'd be jolly grateful if they would pass on their expertise - many thanks!
thanks so much everyone! I feel that any one of these answers would have worked in this context, but, bearing in mind the "strict legal framework" (and the reasons for this) described in Catherine's link, this seems the closest in the end 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
as classics, but they are not art house films, which reach a much smaller public (unfortunately).
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Indie cinema
Explanation: Art house cinema, par ex.
jmleger Local time: 02:35 Native speaker of: French PRO pts in category: 16
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thanks so much everyone! I feel that any one of these answers would have worked in this context, but, bearing in mind the "strict legal framework" (and the reasons for this) described in Catherine's link, this seems the closest in the end
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Art-house cinema
Explanation: "Disunity: a typical function of art-house cinema and New German Cinema. Disrupts the conventions, suggest that all is not well, leave the audience to think. ..." www.german.leeds.ac.uk/Cinema/Cinemawk2.htm -art house cinema.
"n. cinéma d'art et d'essai. art-house cinema. n. cinéma d ..."
dictionary.reverso.net/business.../art-house%20cinema - United States
"Si le cinéma d'art et essais a plutôt tendance à souffrir des pirates en ... Tagged with: Arenberg, art-house cinema, belgium, brussels, ..."
supportyourlocalcinema.wordpress.com/category/cinema-visits/
B D Finch France Local time: 09:35 Works in field Native speaker of: English PRO pts in category: 20
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Asker: thanks Barbara! Without Catherine's link, I would have gone for this, but I feel it is relevant in the context, especially as it actually specifies "salles 'Art & Essai'"