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Denis Côté
Jours avant la mort de Nicky
Experimental fiction | dcp | color and b&w | 19:30 | Canada | 2024
Behind the wheel of her little car, Nicky seems to be on a mission. Roads pass by but the ideas in her head remain unfathomable. A meal, the discovery of a rifle, chance encounters: the mystery remains unsolved.
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.