Dogme

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Dogme¹

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.

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

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The drug-and-toilet-humor-filled comedy may seem like a long way off from her initial dream of acting in the kinds of films made in the avant-garde Dogme 95 movement, led by Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg.

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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.”

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

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