
Denis Côté
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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.
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Nobody's Violence (2026)
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Paul (2025)
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Excursions (2015)
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Our Private Lives (2007)
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Social Hygiene (2021)
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That Kind of Summer (2022)
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Ghost Town Anthology (2019)
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Drifting States (2005)
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Bestiary (2012)
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Seconde valse (2000)
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Boris Without Beatrice (2016)
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Vic + Flo Saw a Bear (2013)
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Curling (2010)
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Maïté (2007)
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Days Before the Death of Nicky (2024)
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La sphatte (2003)
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Kosovolove (2000)
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A Skin So Soft (2018)
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Sans titre (2011)
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Les jouets (2005)
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Tennessee (2005)
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Renegade Breakdown Live (2021)
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Mécanique de l'assassin (2002)
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Carcasses (2009)
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Rejoue-moi ce vieux mélodrame (2001)
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Wilcox (2019)
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Old Fashion Waltz (1999)
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Among Enemies: Jeonju Digital Project 2010 (2010)
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Joy of Man's Desiring (2014)
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All That She Wants (2008)
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Here in Lisbon (2015)
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May We Sleep Soundly (2015)
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Mademoiselle Kenopsia (2023)
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The Enemy Lines (2010)
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cnfnmnt e/scp(i)sm (2020)
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