Denis Côté

Denis Côté is a Canadian independent filmmaker and producer with roots in Brayon. Born on November 16, 1973, in Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, he studied film at Collège Ahuntsic in Montreal and kick-started his acting career in 1994 with nihilproductions. Over the years, he has been involved with the production of a significant number of short films, such as Kosovolove (2000) and La sphatte (2003). Côté has also been active in film criticism on radio, working for ici magazine from 1999 to 2005 and even serving as vice-president of the Quebec association of film critics (AQCC).

His first feature film, 'Drifting States' (Les états nordiques), won a number of awards, including the Golden Leopard-Video at the Locarno International Film Festival. His body of work represents a wide variety of film styles, ranging from documentaries to short films to full-length features. His 2013 film 'Vic and Flo Saw a Bear' was in competition at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival and won the Alfred Bauer Prize. Côté's distinct style of filmmaking makes him stand out, despite stating that he has no ambition to make 'consensual' films. He gained significant recognition for his works, with a retrospective of his work presented by the Viennale and the Festival de La Rochelle, and he was officially named a Knight of the Order of the Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture and Communications in 2015.