Dogma 95 is a 1995 avant-garde filmmaking movement founded by the Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who created the "Dogme 95 Manifesto" and the "Vows of Chastity". These were rules to create films based on the traditional values of story, acting, and theme, and excluding the use of elaborate special effects or technology. It was supposedly created as an attempt to "take back power for the directors as artists", as opposed to the studio. They were later joined by fellow Danish directors Kristian Levring and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen, forming the Dogme 95 Collective or the Dogme Brethren. Dogme is the Danish word for dogma.
Dogme certificate for Bier's Elsker dig for evigt (Open Hearts, 2001), Dogme No. 28.
Image: Lars von Trier 2014 (cropped)
Image: Thomas Vinterberg Berlinale 2010 (cropped)
Image: Jean Marc Barr Monte Carlo Television Festival
Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter.
Trier at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival, 2014
Dogme 95 Certificate for Susanne Bier's film Open Hearts