In the 90s, he shot some fifteen short films, then worked as a journalist and film critic before directing his first feature Les états nordiques in 2005. His 4th feature, Carcasses (2009), was presented at the Directors' Fortnight in Cannes, while Curling, won top honors at the Locarno Festival in 2010. Vic+Flo ont vu un ours (2013) won the Silver Bear at the Berlinale in Germany for its innovation. Also at the Berlinale, he presented four features in the Official Competition. Denis Côté's singular films have been shown at hundreds of cinematic events, as well as being the subject of some forty retrospectives around the world.