Kevin Papati is Algonquin. He lives 85 km south of Val d’Or, in Kitcisakik, a village of 430 people. He has been involved in the Wakiponi project, offering audiovisual training internships in First nations via a mobile video creation studio. With the short, Wabak (2006) he earned the Main Film Jeune Espoir prize during First Peoples’ festival. His film l’Amendement (2007) was the short screened before Denis Arcand’s feature L’Age des ténèbres.