Denis Côté

Denis Côté

Рождение : 1973-11-16, Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, Canada

История

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.

Профиль

Denis Côté

Фильмы

Mademoiselle Kenopsia
Screenplay
Set on carrying out her task with dedication, a woman is obsessed with watching over anonymous interiors and occupying them. Both a custodian of the premises and a ghostly presence, she becomes an echo of how we relate to time, solitude and the melancholy of forsaken spaces.
Mademoiselle Kenopsia
Producer
Set on carrying out her task with dedication, a woman is obsessed with watching over anonymous interiors and occupying them. Both a custodian of the premises and a ghostly presence, she becomes an echo of how we relate to time, solitude and the melancholy of forsaken spaces.
Mademoiselle Kenopsia
Director
Set on carrying out her task with dedication, a woman is obsessed with watching over anonymous interiors and occupying them. Both a custodian of the premises and a ghostly presence, she becomes an echo of how we relate to time, solitude and the melancholy of forsaken spaces.
That Kind of Summer
Writer
In a countryside house where they are meant to explore the troubles in their sexuality, three women spend days and nights apprehending their inner demons. A serene German therapist and a kind-hearted social worker supervise them, help them and try to maintain the fragile balance of the group. During 26 days, in the midst of summer, Geisha, Léonie and Eugénie will have to refrain from breaking down, tame the whispers from present times and consider the future.
That Kind of Summer
Director
In a countryside house where they are meant to explore the troubles in their sexuality, three women spend days and nights apprehending their inner demons. A serene German therapist and a kind-hearted social worker supervise them, help them and try to maintain the fragile balance of the group. During 26 days, in the midst of summer, Geisha, Léonie and Eugénie will have to refrain from breaking down, tame the whispers from present times and consider the future.
Renegade Breakdown Live
Director
A musical and visual journey of Renegade Breakdown, Marie Davidson & L’Œil Nu's 2020 album.
Социальная гигиена
Screenplay
Мелкий вор, писатель и несостоявшийся кинорежиссер Антонен, живущий в машине друга, пытается разобраться в себе, встречаясь с пятью женщинами — сестрой Сольвейг, женой Эглантиной, дамой сердца Кассиопеей, налоговой инспекторшей Розой и студенткой теологии Авророй, у которой он украл ноутбук.
Социальная гигиена
Producer
Мелкий вор, писатель и несостоявшийся кинорежиссер Антонен, живущий в машине друга, пытается разобраться в себе, встречаясь с пятью женщинами — сестрой Сольвейг, женой Эглантиной, дамой сердца Кассиопеей, налоговой инспекторшей Розой и студенткой теологии Авророй, у которой он украл ноутбук.
Социальная гигиена
Director
Мелкий вор, писатель и несостоявшийся кинорежиссер Антонен, живущий в машине друга, пытается разобраться в себе, встречаясь с пятью женщинами — сестрой Сольвейг, женой Эглантиной, дамой сердца Кассиопеей, налоговой инспекторшей Розой и студенткой теологии Авророй, у которой он украл ноутбук.
cnfnmnt e/scp(i)sm
Director
In "Spaces #2", 7 internationally acclaimed directors shot, after commissioning by the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, a short film at home, making their own timely comment on the new reality that we live in. The project is inspired by the book "Species of Spaces" by the French novelist, filmmaker, documentalist, and essayist, Georges Perec and the days of quarantine. The idea is to create a film at home, using the environment, the people or the animals in that space. The only outdoor areas that may be used are outdoor living spaces, such as the terrace, the garden, the balcony and the stairwell. "cnfnmnt e/scp(i)sm" is Denis Côté's submission.
Wilcox
Producer
Wilcox exists outside the norm. Deserter, delinquent, or survivalist, he quietly roams, looking to put down roots or for what could simply be called freedom.
Wilcox
Screenplay
Wilcox exists outside the norm. Deserter, delinquent, or survivalist, he quietly roams, looking to put down roots or for what could simply be called freedom.
Wilcox
Director
Wilcox exists outside the norm. Deserter, delinquent, or survivalist, he quietly roams, looking to put down roots or for what could simply be called freedom.
Антология города-призрака
Writer
В маленькой деревушке в Квебеке происходит трагедия: в автокатастрофе погибает молодой человек и жизнь в деревне замирает. Никому не хочется обсуждать происшедшее - кажется, время потеряло всякий смысл. Нескончаемо тянутся морозные снежные зимние дни. Из тумана появляются таинственные существа и совершают странные поступки. Но порой странное оказывается более обычным, чем можно было бы предположить.
Антология города-призрака
Director
В маленькой деревушке в Квебеке происходит трагедия: в автокатастрофе погибает молодой человек и жизнь в деревне замирает. Никому не хочется обсуждать происшедшее - кажется, время потеряло всякий смысл. Нескончаемо тянутся морозные снежные зимние дни. Из тумана появляются таинственные существа и совершают странные поступки. Но порой странное оказывается более обычным, чем можно было бы предположить.
A Skin So Soft
Producer
Jean-François, Ronald, Alexis, Cédric, Benoit and Maxim are gladiators of modern times. From the strongman to the top-class bodybuilder, to the veteran who has become a trainer, they all share the same definition and obsession with overcoming their limitations. They are waiting for the next competition, working hard in the gym and following extreme diets.
A Skin So Soft
Director
Jean-François, Ronald, Alexis, Cédric, Benoit and Maxim are gladiators of modern times. From the strongman to the top-class bodybuilder, to the veteran who has become a trainer, they all share the same definition and obsession with overcoming their limitations. They are waiting for the next competition, working hard in the gym and following extreme diets.
Boris Without Beatrice
Writer
Living somewhere in present-day Quebec, Boris Malinowski has achieved all his goals. A freethinker, open-minded and proud, he also displays a certain arrogance when it comes to his successes. For some time now, his wife Béatrice, a Canadian government minister, has been bedridden, suffering from a mysterious depression. To escape from his wife’s agony, Boris begins a relationship with a colleague, Helga, and gets close to Klara, a young woman who works as a maid in Boris’s home. The sudden appearance of a stranger in his life forces Boris to come face-to-face with the world, with everything he takes for granted, with all his certainties.
Boris Without Beatrice
Director
Living somewhere in present-day Quebec, Boris Malinowski has achieved all his goals. A freethinker, open-minded and proud, he also displays a certain arrogance when it comes to his successes. For some time now, his wife Béatrice, a Canadian government minister, has been bedridden, suffering from a mysterious depression. To escape from his wife’s agony, Boris begins a relationship with a colleague, Helga, and gets close to Klara, a young woman who works as a maid in Boris’s home. The sudden appearance of a stranger in his life forces Boris to come face-to-face with the world, with everything he takes for granted, with all his certainties.
May We Sleep Soundly
Director
An unseen presence traverses a snowy landscape and enters a series of winter homes, in which slumbering occupants go eerily undisturbed.
Here in Lisbon
Director
Welcome to Lisbon: there are mermaids by the Tagus and birds flying over the old city; there are mad scientists and singing fish; lost tourist guides and lost tourists; fado and sad guitars. What a weird city you may think - but no. Lisbon is about being different, sarcastic, welcoming to foreigners even in an economic crisis. Different directors became fascinated by our strangeness. We became fascinated by these directors. The city is never the same in these four episodes, here in Lisbon.
Excursions
Writer
In Lisbon, Claudia offers guided tours in and out of the city. At night, she kills time with her sister in a modest apartment. In Lisbon, lonesome Martinho is fluent in Italian and guide tourists all around town. In Lisbon, a band is jamming. They perform improvisational noise jazz. In Lisbon, a mysterious phenomenon fills the air. Claudia and Martinho’s lonely hearts will discreetly meet to the sound of music.
Excursions
Director
In Lisbon, Claudia offers guided tours in and out of the city. At night, she kills time with her sister in a modest apartment. In Lisbon, lonesome Martinho is fluent in Italian and guide tourists all around town. In Lisbon, a band is jamming. They perform improvisational noise jazz. In Lisbon, a mysterious phenomenon fills the air. Claudia and Martinho’s lonely hearts will discreetly meet to the sound of music.
Joy of Man's Desiring
Writer
Que ta joie demeure is not a documentary about being a slave to the machine, alienation, dehumanisation or exploitation. Sound and image, editing and dramatic structure are merely employed to transpose workshops and factory floors into the cinematic space so as to explore the bizarre environments that workers adapt to and with which they skillfully interact, as if humanity had never done anything else since time immemorial.
Joy of Man's Desiring
Director
Que ta joie demeure is not a documentary about being a slave to the machine, alienation, dehumanisation or exploitation. Sound and image, editing and dramatic structure are merely employed to transpose workshops and factory floors into the cinematic space so as to explore the bizarre environments that workers adapt to and with which they skillfully interact, as if humanity had never done anything else since time immemorial.
Вик и Фло увидели медведя
Screenplay
Одинокая автобусная остановка. Скаут играющий на трубе и женщина, которая не желает платить ему ни гроша за его скудный музыкальный талант. Эту женщину зовут Вик, она только что вышла из тюрьмы и желает лишь немного тишины и покоя. Она отправляется к своему родственнику, который живет в доме в канадском лесу. Там ее навещает подруга по имени Фло. И вроде их жизнь начинает налаживаться, но не все так просто…
Вик и Фло увидели медведя
Director
Одинокая автобусная остановка. Скаут играющий на трубе и женщина, которая не желает платить ему ни гроша за его скудный музыкальный талант. Эту женщину зовут Вик, она только что вышла из тюрьмы и желает лишь немного тишины и покоя. Она отправляется к своему родственнику, который живет в доме в канадском лесу. Там ее навещает подруга по имени Фло. И вроде их жизнь начинает налаживаться, но не все так просто…
Bestiary
Writer
A popular sensation in medieval Europe, bestiaries were catalogs of beasts featuring exotic animal illustrations, zoological wisdom, and ancient legends. The documentary unfolds like a filmic picture book where both humans and animals are on display. As we observe them, they also observe us and one another, invoking the Hindu idea of “darshan”: a mutual beholding that initiates a shift in consciousness.
Bestiary
Director
A popular sensation in medieval Europe, bestiaries were catalogs of beasts featuring exotic animal illustrations, zoological wisdom, and ancient legends. The documentary unfolds like a filmic picture book where both humans and animals are on display. As we observe them, they also observe us and one another, invoking the Hindu idea of “darshan”: a mutual beholding that initiates a shift in consciousness.
Sans titre
Director of Photography
Sans titre
Writer
Sans titre
Director
Curling
Screenplay
Set in a rural Québec village in the dead of winter, Jean-François, a single father, works at a deserted bowling alley at night and in a rundown motel during the day. His daughter, Julyvonne never leaves their home. Jean-François isolates her in fear that contact with the outside world will scar her the way it has him.
Curling
Director
Set in a rural Québec village in the dead of winter, Jean-François, a single father, works at a deserted bowling alley at night and in a rundown motel during the day. His daughter, Julyvonne never leaves their home. Jean-François isolates her in fear that contact with the outside world will scar her the way it has him.
The Enemy Lines
Director
Six men. The forest. The menace is there somewhere. Armed, ready, looking for action, they wander, day and night, striving for a confrontation.
Among Enemies: Jeonju Digital Project 2010
Director
Six soldiers wandering in search of enemies in the forest where they can't see an inch ahead. While gathering on the island to prepare Shakespeare's play, Luisa finds out that other actors are stalking her. A pig iron ephemera transported to a steel mill.
Carcasses
Writer
An introverted man runs a "car cemetery" where people come to find parts for old vehicles.
Carcasses
Director
An introverted man runs a "car cemetery" where people come to find parts for old vehicles.
All That She Wants
Writer
Caught in the tensions of the returning Pierrot, an ex-con, and the neighboring outlaws, Coralie attempts to distance herself from an ambiguous if not tormented past. Set against a busy highway, the butting houses dominated by a boss loosing sight of his operation are suspended as an anarchic surge approaches.
All That She Wants
Director
Caught in the tensions of the returning Pierrot, an ex-con, and the neighboring outlaws, Coralie attempts to distance herself from an ambiguous if not tormented past. Set against a busy highway, the butting houses dominated by a boss loosing sight of his operation are suspended as an anarchic surge approaches.
Maϊté
Director
Without dialogues, Maϊté shows us an adolescent who goes to a big city to a black metal concert.
Our Private Lives
Director
After a lengthy virtual relationship over the Internet, Milena and Philip take the plunge and agree to finally meet. Having lived in Montreal for over a decade, Milena, an immigrant of Bulgarian descent, accepts to greet her correspondent Philip, a flirtatious photographer from Sofia. Out in an isolated cottage in Quebec's countryside, the couple abandon themselves to one another. Between periods of cultural clashes and fleshly pleasures, the two assess each other and the possibilities for true love. But strange, uncanny events soon disrupt Milena and Philip's quiet intimacy as secrecy and silence slowly set in -nihilproductions
Drifting States
Writer
Christian has commited a crime, a crime of compassion. A troubled soul, he must now flee not only the law, but the deep ethical consequences of his act. The path he sets upon leads him to where all roads end : a small community by the name of Radisson, 1500km north of Montreal. Slowly, he starts his life anew among his new neighbours, a new job, a new interest in life. His story drifts along, somewhere between fiction and reality…
Drifting States
Director
Christian has commited a crime, a crime of compassion. A troubled soul, he must now flee not only the law, but the deep ethical consequences of his act. The path he sets upon leads him to where all roads end : a small community by the name of Radisson, 1500km north of Montreal. Slowly, he starts his life anew among his new neighbours, a new job, a new interest in life. His story drifts along, somewhere between fiction and reality…
Les jouets
Director
A man and his toys make for an uneasy ballad.
Tennessee
Director
In a hotel meant for sex meetings, a woman cleans the rooms, making them ready for the new clients, as we hear her voice in the sound track, in a marked contrast between the imagined and the real sexuality.
La sphatte
Screenplay
Two red-clad women are pursued by an insistent, yet weary stranger. An existential stroll on the nocturnal pavement of a gloomy Montreal, carried by the sounds of punk rock music.
La sphatte
Director
Two red-clad women are pursued by an insistent, yet weary stranger. An existential stroll on the nocturnal pavement of a gloomy Montreal, carried by the sounds of punk rock music.
Mécanique de l'assassin
Screenplay
Much is said about farmers, but what about them, truly?
Mécanique de l'assassin
Director
Much is said about farmers, but what about them, truly?
Rejoue-moi ce vieux mélodrame
Screenplay
All the sugar daddies have died ; a city is born. Fictional exercise carried out in situ, in which hope and distress rub shoulders in a chaotic, scrap metal city under constant construction.
Rejoue-moi ce vieux mélodrame
Director
All the sugar daddies have died ; a city is born. Fictional exercise carried out in situ, in which hope and distress rub shoulders in a chaotic, scrap metal city under constant construction.
Seconde valse
Director
Éric St-Amand and Mika Dionne are 9 and 10 years old, going nowhere fast in the heat of a New Brunswick summer. The luminous, idyllic flipside to the Old Fashion Waltz.
Kosovolove
Director of Photography
A couple's impasse is refracted through the world’s great tragedies, and the news of "what is happening in Kosovo”. A tender, indifferent, cynical and bittersweet slice of melodrama.
Kosovolove
Screenplay
A couple's impasse is refracted through the world’s great tragedies, and the news of "what is happening in Kosovo”. A tender, indifferent, cynical and bittersweet slice of melodrama.
Kosovolove
Director
A couple's impasse is refracted through the world’s great tragedies, and the news of "what is happening in Kosovo”. A tender, indifferent, cynical and bittersweet slice of melodrama.
Old Fashion Waltz
Sound Designer
An old fashioned waltz. Flirting with horror cinema, here is the portrait of an aging New Brunswick population, unfolding like a found footage object equally elegiac as it is nightmarish.
Old Fashion Waltz
Screenplay
An old fashioned waltz. Flirting with horror cinema, here is the portrait of an aging New Brunswick population, unfolding like a found footage object equally elegiac as it is nightmarish.
Old Fashion Waltz
Director
An old fashioned waltz. Flirting with horror cinema, here is the portrait of an aging New Brunswick population, unfolding like a found footage object equally elegiac as it is nightmarish.