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Director/Writer: Denis Côté

Producer(s): Metafilms’ Sylvain Corbeil, Stéphanie Morissette (Camion)

U.S. Distributor: Rights Available

Cast: Marc-André Grondin, Romane Bohringer, Marie Brassard, Pierrette Robitaille

Ever since his docu-like essay in 2005′s Les états nordiques, Denis Côté has treated us to a body of minimalist work that defies classification with his last item Bestiaire (Sundance, Tiff) best exemplifying his preference for unique observational points and for fringe characters (this case it’s animals, but his other films are populated with the exotic of the human kind). While his 7th film is looking to be his most accessible yet (in the realms of Curling), which comparatively means its still counter-flow to the norm, this will surely have dna from his previous films (offbeat characters enclosed in natural spaces).

Gist: This is the portrait of two recently released prisoners (Pierrette Robitaille and Romane Bohringer...

Bestiaire

Directed by Denis Côté’s

Screenplay by Denis Côté’s

2012, Canada

Denis Côté is Quebec cinema’s king of art-house filmmaking. Since his debut feature Les états Nordiques was released in 2005, Côté has, in a very short amount of time, climbed the ranks of the Quebec film scene and has already become one of the most important contemporary directors of Quebec cinema. To say that Côté’s films are accessible would be somewhat of a lie. His long and still camera shots will often test his audience’s patience and his narrative experimentations blurring the lines between fiction films and documentaries can seem very odd to anyone who is not familiar with his work. Yet these, somewhat alienating, aspects of his films are also what make him a very fascinating and intriguing filmmaker.

Denis Côté’s latest film opens on a series of close up shots of people’s faces,...

Jason Anderson introduces his interview with Denis Côté, the cover feature in the latest issue of Cinema Scope: "Remarkably productive given the soul-crushing circumstances of the Canadian film industry for established filmmakers and newcomers alike, Côté has made five features and several shorts since 2005. Two best-director wins at Locarno (including one for Curling), the appearance of last year's superb Carcasses at the Directors' Fortnight at Cannes, and this year's Les lignes ennemies, shot for the omnibus Jeonju Digital Project, have established him as perhaps the best-travelled of young Canadian filmmakers. (His first career retrospective will take place at the upcoming Viennale.) Thanks to the often confrontational nature of his tough, frankly intimate dramas Les états nordiques (2005) and Nos vies privées (2007) and the uncategorizable weirdness of Carcasses, Côté's films have proven to be a better fit with adventurous festival programmers than those of most of his contemporaries.... A moving and often...

The awards for the Locarno Film Festival were announced on Saturday and Canadian director Denis Côté came out a winner, being named the Best Director for his thriller, Curling. Set in a village in Quebec, the story follows Jean-François, a single father, and his isolated 12-year-old daughter Julyvonne. Between jobs, Jean-François devotes an awkward energy to Julyvonne until some unexpected events jeopardize the fragile balance of their relationship. Curling is considered one of Denis Côté’s most accessible films to date compared to his previous Tiff films (Carcasses in 2009, Nos vies privées in 2007 and Les États Nordiques in 2005). Watch below for a behind-the-scenes look at Curling (in French)…...