Lone Scherfig's Italian for BeginnersLone Scherfig was the first of a number of women directors to take up the challenge of Dogme, the back to basics, manifesto based, rule governed, and now globalized film initiative introduced by Danish filmmakers Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg in 1995. Entitled Italiensk for begyndere (Italian for Beginners), Scherfig's Dogme film transformed this already accomplished filmmaker into one of Europe's most noteworthy women directors. Danish and