Kelvin Redvers

Kelvin Redvers is a producer and film director who belongs to the Deninu Kųę́ First Nation.

Biography Kelvin Redvers grew up in Hay River, Northwest Territories. He majored in film production and graduated in June 2010 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he gained the proficiency for writing and directing his first short films Playing Cards (2007) and The Night the Robber Came (2009). His work covers both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal topics as well as First Nations community and aboriginal current affairs. Over the course of three seasons, as of 2014, Redvers had produced twelve episodes for First Story. The funding that he received through BravoFACT allowed Redvers the opportunity to make the seven-minute short film The Dancing Cop.

'We Matter' Campaign (2016-present) In October 2016, Kelvin Redvers and his sister T'áncháy Redvers launched 'We Matter', a national online campaign designed to bring awareness to the struggles of Indigenous youth across Canada. It is modelled after Dan Savage's 'It Gets Better' campaign and collects videos and writings from each Indigenous community across Canada with the aim of reducing the number of indigenous teen suicides, while also providing them with mental health resources. Rising Star Award for Excellence in Filmmaking at the Canada International Film Festival (won)