Denis Côté

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.

Directed

1. Vic + Flo Saw a Bear (2013) — Director
2. Curling (2010) — Director
3. Ghost Town Anthology (2019) — Director
4. That Kind of Summer (2022) — Director
5. Boris Without Beatrice (2016) — Director
6. Carcasses (2009) — Director
7. Bestiary (2012) — Director
8. All That She Wants (2008) — Director
9. A Skin So Soft (2018) — Director
10. Social Hygiene (2021) — Director
11. Drifting States (2005) — Director
12. Joy of Man's Desiring (2014) — Director
13. Our Private Lives (2007) — Director
14. The Enemy Lines (2010) — Director
15. Paul (2025) — Director
16. Here in Lisbon (2015) — Director
17. Mademoiselle Kenopsia (2023) — Director
18. Wilcox (2019) — Director
19. Sans titre (2011) — Director
20. Days Before the Death of Nicky (2024) — Director
21. Renegade Breakdown Live (2021) — Director
22. Excursions (2015) — Director
23. Kosovolove (2000) — Director
24. Old Fashion Waltz (1999) — Director
25. Seconde valse (2000) — Director
26. Rejoue-moi ce vieux mélodrame (2001) — Director
27. Mécanique de l'assassin (2002) — Director
28. La sphatte (2003) — Director
29. Les jouets (2005) — Director
30. Maïté (2007) — Director
31. Tennessee (2005) — Director
32. Among Enemies: Jeonju Digital Project 2010 (2010) — Director
33. May We Sleep Soundly (2015) — Director
34. cnfnmnt e/scp(i)sm (2020) — Director
35. Nobody's Violence (2026) — Director

Also appeared in

1. La semaine des 4 Julie (2020) — Self - Guest
2. L'avenir (2025)
3. L'ours (2013) — Denis Côté