Hay River (Feb 14/05) - A new piece of work by a Hay River filmmaker, teenager Kelvin Redvers, has been accepted at a national film festival.

"I think it's great," Redvers says. "I'm really pumped about it. It's nice to get national recognition."

A film by Hay River teen Kelvin Redvers has been accepted for a national film festival. - Paul Bickford/NNSL photo

His film 'unsensical' is among 12 films selected for the final of the National Exposure Amateur Movie Contest 2005, which is for films five minutes or less in length.

The contest, which has no age limit, is sponsored by the National Screen Institute (NSI). Redvers' work will be screened in Winnipeg on March 5 during the NSI's Film Exchange Canadian Film Festival - the largest festival showcasing 100 per cent Canadian short and feature films.

Redvers - a Grade 12 student at Diamond Jenness secondary school - wrote, directed and acted in the film, which he made over the Christmas break specially for the festival.

"It's about a group of teenagers who don't do anything and hate it," he says.

"About how boring some teens make their lives."

The humorous film features several of Redvers' friends as actors, including Tyler Provincial.

Redvers and Provincial plan to be in Winnipeg for the screening.

An industry panel short-listed the finalists from over 100 entries submitted by Canadian filmmakers.

The NSI, headquartered in Winnipeg, is one of Canada's four nationally recognized film and television training schools.

Redvers says he has also submitted some of his 12 short films to youth festivals in Canada and the United States and is awaiting responses.