Denis Côté (1973, New Brunswick, Canada) produced and directed 15 independent short films while working as a journalist and film critic from 1995 until 2005. His first feature film LES ÉTATS NORDIQUES (2005) was awarded the video Golden Leopard in Locarno International Film Festival. Vic+Flo Saw A Bear won the Silver Bear for Innovation at Berlinale in 2013. HYGIÈNE SOCIALE won the Best Director Award in the Encounters section at Berlinale in 2021.