No country for art-house films

Crosscurrent, the Chinese-language movie that won a Silver Bear at the recently concluded Berlin International Film Festival, will hit mainland screens late next month. But box-office success at home is far from guaranteed. Xu Fan reports.

It is a problem Chinese art-house filmmakers have faced for a long time.

Art-house films that do well at prestigious film festivals abroad don't seem to click with domestic audiences despite China being a booming film market.