Denis Côté

Born: 1973-11-16, Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, Canada

Biography

Denis Côté is an independent filmmaker and producer living in Quebec, of Brayon origin. His experimental films have been shown at major film festivals around the world. An uncompromising and prolific maverick who challenges audiences rather than offering them crystal clear, classically structured narratives, Côté has won acclaim and awards in Canada and internationally for his independent features and documentaries. Côté’s films are starkly minimalist, strangely poetic, dryly funny and thematically enigmatic. His deadpan style and marginalized characters have earned him an international reputation as one of Canada’s leading auteurs.

Filmography

• Excursões (2015)
• Hygiène sociale (2021)
• Nos vies privées (2007)
• Violence du corps de l'autre (2026)
• Répertoire des villes disparues (2019)
• Un été comme ça (2022)
• Seconde valse (2000)
• La sphatte (2003)
• Les jouets (2005)
• Boris sans Béatrice (2016)
• Curling (2010)
• Kosovolove (2000)
• Les états nordiques (2005)
• Maïté (2007)
• Vic + Flo ont vu un ours (2013)
• Jours avant la mort de Nicky (2024)
• Elle veut le chaos (2008)
• Ta peau si lisse (2018)
• Aqui, em Lisboa: Episódios da Vida da Cidade (2015)
• Renegade Breakdown Live (2021)
• 적들 사이에서 : 디지털삼인삼색2010 (2010)
• cnfnmnt e/scp(i)sm (2020)
• Que ta joie demeure (2014)
• Mécanique de l'assassin (2002)
• Rejoue-moi ce vieux mélodrame (2001)
• Mademoiselle Kenopsia (2023)
• Wilcox (2019)
• Que nous nous assoupissions (2015)
• Les lignes ennemies (2010)
• Old Fashion Waltz (1999)