Denis Côté
Directing
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.
Known for
Directing35
movieNobody's Violence
2026
Director
moviePaul
2025
Director
movieMademoiselle Kenopsia
2023
Director
movieThat Kind of Summer
2022
Director
movieRenegade Breakdown Live
2021
Director
movieSocial Hygiene
2021
Director
moviecnfnmnt e/scp(i)sm
2020
Director
movieWilcox
2019
Director
movieGhost Town Anthology
2019
Director
movieA Skin So Soft
2018
Director
movieBoris Without Beatrice
2016
Director
movieMay We Sleep Soundly
2015
Director
movieHere in Lisbon
2015
Director
movieExcursions
2015
Director
movieJoy of Man's Desiring
2014
Director
movieVic + Flo Saw a Bear
2013
Director
movieBestiary
2012
Director
Sans titre
2011
Director
movieCurling
2010
Director
movieThe Enemy Lines
2010
Director
movieCarcasses
2009
Director
movieAll That She Wants
2008
Director
movieMaïté
2007
Director
movieOur Private Lives
2007
Director
movieDrifting States
2005
Director
movieLes jouets
2005
Director
movieTennessee
2005
Director
movieLa sphatte
2003
Director
movieMécanique de l'assassin
2002
Director
movieKosovolove
2000
Director
movieSeconde valse
2000
Director
movieOld Fashion Waltz
1999
Director
Writing24
moviePaul
2025
Writer
movieMademoiselle Kenopsia
2023
Screenplay
movieSocial Hygiene
2021
Screenplay
movieWilcox
2019
Screenplay
movieExcursions
2015
Writer
movieVic + Flo Saw a Bear
2013
Screenplay
movieBestiary
2012
Writer
movieCurling
2010
Screenplay
movieCarcasses
2009
Writer
movieDrifting States
2005
Writer
movieLa sphatte
2003
Screenplay
movieMécanique de l'assassin
2002
Screenplay
movieRejoue-moi ce vieux mélodrame
2001
Screenplay
movieKosovolove
2000
Screenplay
movieOld Fashion Waltz
1999
Screenplay
Production6
movieMademoiselle Kenopsia
2023
Producer
movieSocial Hygiene
2021
Producer
movieWilcox
2019
Producer
movieA Skin So Soft
2018
Producer
movieCurling
2010
Producer
Acting3
Camera2
Sans titre
2011
Director of Photography
movieKosovolove
2000
Director of Photography
Art1
movieDays Before the Death of Nicky
2024
Art Direction
Sound1
movieOld Fashion Waltz
1999
Sound Designer