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

Streaming on the Criterion Channel as part of its “Family Reunions” collection, the 1998 film was the first of Denmark’s “Dogme 95” movement, founded by Mr. Vinterberg and director Lars von Trier with an insistence on unvarnished realism.

From The Wall Street Journal

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

From Los Angeles Times

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

For the human stuff, we were looking at, like, Dogme 95 movies, that cinematography.

From Los Angeles Times

In the process, they made music so much a part of moviemaking that the “vow of chastity” for the short-lived Dogme 95, the Danish movement to liberate movies from the studios and commercial filmmaking, included the edict that no music could be used unless it was already part of the live scene as it was being shot.

From Los Angeles Times