Contemporary Chinese Art -house Cinema and Genre Wenyi

Abstract

After the opening-up and the economic reform, China has become one of the largest film markets for various genres. As a result, interests towards art-house (Wenyi) cinema have also been greatly increased, especially for those which have been made based on low budgets. This research attempts to first of all examine the formation of the low budget art-house cinema in China, then trace its development from 2015 to 2017 based on five films which are considered as low budge art-house cinema to further provide an overview of the current situation of Chinese low budget art-house cinema from both aesthetic and production perspectives.