Kevin Papatie

Kevin Papatie is originally from Kitcisakik an Algonquin community located in the Abitibi region of Quebec Canada One of the first participants in the Wapikoni mobile project he has proven himself as a participant director cameraman soundman musician and coordinator He has directed about ten short films under the project His film WabakFuture 2006 won the Best Experimental Film at the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival 2007 and the price of young hopeful Mainfilm at LandINSight film Festival of 2007 The Amendment 2008 was presented in the first part of the film The Age of Darkness by Denys Arcands 120 rooms distributed in Quebec and won the Best Film Festival in Aboriginal language at ImagineNative in 2008 We are 2009 was also selected in multiple national and international festivals and many events His film Waseya Dizihin 2010 which means treasure of Light uses nature images illustrating the cycles of the seasons water fire the moon to lead us to the spectacle of birth reveals the beauty of three generations of Anisnabe women Kevin Papatie continues to put its expertise at the service of Wapikoni mobile These films are poetic committed and concise Cinema has become his main activity and he participates in many local events and international festivals as a director and spokesman for Wapikoni mobile He was invited to participate in the Carte Blanche FNC in 2012 which allowed him to create Sakitakwin Freedom He was invited to make a documentary in collaboration with Innu filmmaker Réal Leblanc Jr and the Kanak tribe Tiéti in NewCaledonia