CLOSE-UP: Dogma '95 - 30 years

Name: CLOSE-UP: Dogma '95 - 30 years
Start: 2025-09-10T19:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-09-10T21:00:00+02:00
Location: Bozar

Schedule

Wed Sep 10 2025 at 07:00 pm to 09:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Bozar | Brussels, BU

DOGME 95 – 30th anniversary of a cinematographic manifesto.
10 → 28 Sept.'25
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BOZAR invites you to celebrate an artistic insurrection.
To mark the Danish Presidency of the Council of Europe and the 30th anniversary of the Dogme 95 Manifesto, Bozar is celebrating a movement that stripped cinema of its artifice to rediscover the raw power of the image, the urgency of reality and the truth of emotions.
In 1995, 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝘃𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴 signed a manifesto breaking with Hollywood and the old avant-gardes, affirming a collective vision of cinema, far from the myth of the solitary auteur, in a sincere and essential gesture. Dogme 95 rejects illusionist cinema through strict rules known as the Vow of Chastity. Hand-held camerawork, natural light and pared back storytelling: these films turned the industry on its head by reviving authenticity. What began as a provocation became a worldwide phenomenon, inviting filmmakers and audiences to rethink the foundations of cinema.
To celebrate this anniversary, Bozar and De Cinema are screening five iconic films of the movement, alongside by meetings with guests: 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘀 𝗩𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗱𝗶𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗟𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗩𝗼𝗻 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿, 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗦𝘂𝘀𝗮𝗻𝗻𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗶𝗴.
In 2025, history is repeating itself: at the last Cannes Film Festival, a collective of producers, filmmakers and visual artists launched the 𝘿𝙤𝙜𝙢𝙚 25 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤, a new provocation to the global film industry. Based on this renewed movement, Bozar proposes a reflection on the future of cinema as a space of artistic urgency and creative freedom, freed from the constraints of entertainment.
Programme:
Festen - Thomas Vinterberg: 11 → 17 Sept.'25
The Idiots - Lars Von Trier: 12 + 13 Sept.'25
Italian for beginners - Lone Scherfig: 13 → 27 Sept.'25
Open Hearts - Susanne Bier: 14 → 26 Sept.'25
Meet the Artist: Trine Dyrholm19 Sept.'25 - 20:00
Kalak - Isabella Eklöf (In the presence of the director): 24 Sept.'25 - 19:00
Mifune – Søren Kragh-Jacobsen: 26 Sept.'25 - 19:00
The King is Alive - Kristian Levring: 28 Sept.'25 - 19:00