Dogme ManifestoDogme 95 is a rescue action! It's a collective of film directors founded in Copenhagen in spring 1995 with a specific purpose: To counter "certain tendencies" in film today--to purge film so that once again the inner lives of the characters justify the plot. Dogme 95 opposes the auteur concept, make-up, illusions and dramatic predictability.
Signed: Lars Von Trier, Tomas Winterberg, Soren Kragh-Jacobsen, Kristian Levring
- All shooting must be done on location, with all props found on site.
- Sound must never be produced apart from the images or vice versa
(including music).
- The camera must be hand-held.
- The film must be in colour, with no special lighting.
- Optical work and filters are forbidden.
- The film must not contain superficial action such as murders, weapons, etc.
- The film must take place here and now.
- Genre movies are not acceptable.
- The film format must be Academy 35mm.
- The director must not be credited (there is no auteur).
2. THE IDIOTS (Von Trier, Den)
3. MIFUNE (Kragh-Jacobsen, Den)
4. THE KING IS ALIVE (Levring, Den)
12. ITALIAN FOR BEGINNERS (Scherfig, Den)
32. OLD, NEW, BORROWED & BLUE (Arthy, Den)
35. IN YOUR HANDS (Olesen, Den)
37. GYPO (Dunn, UK)
NB. As of 20.Jul.06, there have been 117 Dogme-certified films
