Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
Art & Essais
English translation:
Indie cinema ; Art-house cinema
Added to glossary by
Carol Gullidge
Apr 12, 2011 12:13
13 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
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Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English, English
Art & Essais
French to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
particular type of film/cinema?
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!
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!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | Indie cinema |
jmleger
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| 4 +2 | Art-house cinema |
B D Finch
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| 4 | Art & Experimental |
mikecassady
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References
| Archives |
Stéphanie Soudais
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Proposed translations
+2
6 mins
Selected
Indie cinema
Art house cinema, par ex.
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Catharine Cellier-Smart
: "Cinema art et essai" actually has a strict legal framework : http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_et_Essai
1 hr
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| agree |
philgoddard
2 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "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"
+2
18 mins
Art-house cinema
"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/
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/
Note from 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'" |
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Evans (X)
: yes, what used to be called "Arte y Ensayo" when I lived in Spain many years ago.
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Thanks Gilla
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| neutral |
philgoddard
: jmleger has already suggested this.
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I only noticed his suggestion of Indie cinema (which I didn't agree with) when posting. As his mention of art-house seems to only include it as a particular category, I still think my answer is different. Plus I have provided refs.
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| agree |
Dimitri Delomez
: This term is widely used in the US to describe "Arts&Essais", don't know about the UK
1 day 13 hrs
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17 hrs
mikecassady
Native in English
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Advanced English-Frehch Practice
Native in: English 
Works in: French to English, English to French
Art & Experimental
'Essais' with the 's' connotes 'trial', or 'experiment'. In France, this film fare is usually found in 'ciné-clubs'. "Art film' is already an English term.
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Note added at 17 hrs (2011-04-13 06:06:25 GMT)
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As Catharine Cellier-Smart has noted in agreeing with the suggestion "Indie cinema", "Art & Essais" is a legal designation for a network of cinemas subsidized by the government to promote films not likely to survive in the commercial entertainment market: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_et_Essai. But Indie, in the most common useage, has more to do with the way a product finds a market. The films that are accepted in France's cinemas qualified "Art & Essais" are clearly art films or experimental films.
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Note added at 17 hrs (2011-04-13 06:06:25 GMT)
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As Catharine Cellier-Smart has noted in agreeing with the suggestion "Indie cinema", "Art & Essais" is a legal designation for a network of cinemas subsidized by the government to promote films not likely to survive in the commercial entertainment market: http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_et_Essai. But Indie, in the most common useage, has more to do with the way a product finds a market. The films that are accepted in France's cinemas qualified "Art & Essais" are clearly art films or experimental films.
Reference:
Note from asker:
| thanks Mike! |
Reference comments
2 mins
Reference:
Archives
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/cinema_film_tv_d...
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Note added at 11 mins (2011-04-12 12:24:23 GMT)
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Regarding the glossary, you can untick "Match whole words only" to get plural/singular versions of a word.
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Note added at 11 mins (2011-04-12 12:24:23 GMT)
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Regarding the glossary, you can untick "Match whole words only" to get plural/singular versions of a word.
Note from asker:
| thankyou Stéphanie - I had tried the Glossary for Essais without the Art, but not without the final 's'! A good case for making the Glossary a bit more flexible - if such a thing is possible! |
| thanks again Stéphanie! In fact, I hadn't grasped the purpose of that box, and will certainly try that next time. Indeed, I'm now wondering why I would ever NOT wish to use it... No doubt enough to keep an exasperated writeaway "sighing" for years to come (re w/a's note below) |
Peer comments on this reference comment:
| agree |
Jocelyne S
3 mins
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| agree |
writeaway
: sigh
18 mins
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| agree |
Just Opera
1 day 9 hrs
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