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

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

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From Seattle 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