About
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
Nobody's Violence2026 · Director, Writer
Paul2025 · Director, Writer
Days Before the Death of Nicky2024 · Director, Art Direction, Writer
Mademoiselle Kenopsia2023 · Producer, Director, Screenplay
That Kind of Summer2022 · Director, Writer
Renegade Breakdown Live2021 · Director
Social Hygiene2021 · Producer, Screenplay, Director
cnfnmnt e/scp(i)sm2020 · Director
Wilcox2019 · Director, Screenplay, Producer
Ghost Town Anthology2019 · Director, Writer, Casting
A Skin So Soft2018 · Producer, Director
Boris Without Beatrice2016 · Writer, Director
May We Sleep Soundly2015 · Director
Here in Lisbon2015 · Director
Excursions2015 · Director, Writer
Joy of Man's Desiring2014 · Director, Writer
Vic + Flo Saw a Bear2013 · Screenplay, Director
Bestiary2012 · Director, Writer
Sans titre2011 · Writer, Director, Director of Photography
Curling2010 · Screenplay, Director, Producer