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 Wabak-Future (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 Arcand's 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 New-Caledonia.
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