Dogme

British  

/ ˈdɒɡmɪ /

noun

1. a group of Danish film-makers, formed by Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who have a set of strict rules, such as not using artificial lighting, always filming on location, and always using a hand-held camera

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Etymology

Origin of Dogme

Danish: literally, dogma

Example Sentences

“It was also the year of the Dogme movie and there were like 100 terrible Dogme movies.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 28, 2024

Before graduation Lindholm was tapped by Vinterberg, a co-founder of the Dogme 95 film movement, to help him write what would become the 2010 social realist feature “Submarino.”

From New York Times • Oct. 26, 2022

As an exercise, it is not dissimilar to the Danish Dogme 95 movement, under which film-makers had to submit to certain rules: hand-held cameras, no special effects or genre gimmickry.

From The Guardian • Jul. 2, 2020

Part of the simplistic approach, Blichfeld tells me, is a nod to the Danish-bred Dogme 95 movement, a polemical 1995 cinema revolution in which filmmakers drew up a manifesto advocating a return to realistic filmmaking.

From Newsweek • Feb. 5, 2015

L'Enfer d�truit ou Examen raisonn� du Dogme de l'Eternit� des Peines.

From Baron D'Holbach : a Study of Eighteenth Century Radicalism in France by Cushing, Max Pearson