In 1995, four Danish filmmakers led by the director Lars von Trier issued a manifesto, for film a proclamation declaring a set of aesthetic ‘rules’ for cinema.
According to author Patrick Kinsley, in his new book How To Be Danish, the Dogme manifesto inspired a renaissance in Danish culture.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/nov/25/how-dogme-built-denmark?intcmp=ILCMUSTXT9390