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Denis Côté
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Côté was born in Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, Canada. He studied film at Collège Ahuntsic in Montreal and founded nihilproductions around 1994. He made a number of short films, including Kosovolove (2000) and La sphatte (2003). He has also been a film critic on radio, at ici magazine from 1999 to 2005, and vice-president of the Quebec association of film critics (Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma, or AQCC). In 2005, his first feature film, Les états nordiques (Drifting States), won the Golden Leopard - Video at the Locarno International Film Festival. His third feature film, won the silver Leopard for best directing at the Locarno International Film Festival and Best Canadian film at the Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie. Jean-Michel Frodon, editor-in-chief of Cahiers du Cinéma at the time, made it one of his top 10 picks for best film of 2008. The 2009 documentary Carcasses was presented at the Cannes Film Festival at the Directors’ Fortnight in May 2009. It was part of the Canada Top Ten at the Toronto International Film Festival. In August 2010, his feature film Curling was presented at the Locarno International Film Festival, where it won the prize for best directing as well as the prize for best actor (Emmanuel Bilodeau). His 2012 documentary Bestiaire, filmed at Parc Safari in Hemmingford, Quebec, had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival and was also shown at the Berlin Film Festival.

 
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Graduate at Albanian Ecomomic University, and Albanian University of Law. President of the “Albanian Producers and Filmmakers Association”. Member of European Film Academy. Selected by European Film Promotion, “Producers on the Move - 2011” at the Cannes International Film Festival 2011

In 2018, he will produce the movie “My Lake” by Gjergj Xhuvani, and “Zana” by Antoneta Kastrati. In 2016

“Distant Angels” by Gjergj Xhuvani.  In 2015 “Alarm für Cobra 11”  by Nico Zavelberg. In 2014 “Amsterdam Express” by Fatmir Koci  and  “Last wish” by Namik Ajazi . In 2012 “Der Albaner” by Johannes Naber. In 2010 “Honeymoons” by Goran Paskaljevic. In 2009

“Alive” by Artan Minarolli, and “Lenin and Us” by Saimir Kumbaro.

Television movie in 2012  “In search of!”(tv-mini

5 series) by Gjergj Xhuvani and in 2011 tv sitcom

“Komuna e Parisit” (20 series) by Altin Basha. Documentary, “Rivers eyes” (2017) (8 series),  “Alone” (2017) (8 series), “Humanisti” (2015), “Big attacks” (2015) (6 series), “In Front of” (2014) (20 series)

“Theater” (2012).

Short movies:

“Bela”, “Sarina”, “24 Hours”, “Doors, doors”, “The Lession”, “The Passion”, “When the death turn the road”, “Lucky letters”, “Albania–Italy”, “Family Market”, “Heat”, “Lost Days” “A night of bright weather”, “Children Jobs”, “The Farewell Waltz”, “Horoscopes”, “Money”, “Hospital window, “Soldiers”, “Two Friends”, etc

 


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