Siksika Nation, AB

Trevor Solway

Film Director/

Screenwriter

Bio

Trevor Solway, Sinakson, is a Blackfoot filmmaker from Siksika ​Nation. He attended the Independent Indigenous Digital ​Filmmaking program at Capilano University in 2012. He then ​graduated from Mount Royal University with his Bachelor’s of ​Communications in 2017. His Breakthrough film Indian Giver ​screened internationally and can now be found on Amazon Prime ​Video. Trevor’s broadcast debut came in the form of his ​documentary Intertribal on CBC Television and CBC GEM. In 2021 ​Trevor directed the POV documentary Kaatohkitopii (Kit-tay-kit-toe-​pee) The Horse He Never Rode, for CBC and CBC Gem. In 2022 ​he directed an episode of the docs-series Stuff The British Stole ​for CBC/ABC and an episode Amplify for APTN. He is the ​writer/director/showrunner of Tales From The Rez, a horror ​comedy anthology series available on APTN Lumi (2023).

He is currently in post-production for his most recent feature ​documentary Siksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man, which is produced ​by The National Film Board of Canada.

In 2020 Trevor was the recipient of MRU Horizon Award for early ​career success and in 2021 he was named Avenue Magazine’s ​Top 40 Under 40. He is the founder and leader of The Napi ​Collective, a grassroots filmmaking society based out of Siksika ​Nation.

Body of work

2022

Kaatohkitopii: The Horse He Never Rode ​(CBC GEM) - Feature Documentary

This documentary dives into the complexity of an ​old Indian Cowboy. Through re-enactments and ​archival footage Director Trevor Solway examines ​how his relationship to his late grandfather ​shaped his perceptions of work, sacrifice and ​masculinity.

2023

Tales From The Rez (APTN LUMI) ​- Narrative Web-Series

Come listen as The Rez Keeper Uncle Randalf ​brings forth the terribly twisted and delightfully ​creepy Tales From The Rez.

2024

SIksikakowan: The Blackfoot Man (National ​Film Board) - Feature Documentary

Siksikakowan is about how Indigenous men ​experience and express masculinity in their ​everyday lives. This feature length documentary ​follows a selection of Blackfoot men and captures ​their masculinity in its raw form.

2023

Stuff The British Stole (CBC GEM)

-Docu-Series

Chief Crowfoot chooses between signing a deal ​with Queen Victoria or facing disease and ​devastation, and the British forces might literally ​steal the shirt from his back.

2023

Amplify (APTN)

-Docu-Series

Country music star Armond Duck Chief shares his ​Blackfoot Nation’s deep connection to horses as ​he sings about the complex lives of Indigenous ​cowboys. In this episode, we meet Blackfoot ​cowboy legend Alison Red Crow and relay racing ​star Travis Maguire.

2024

Settler - Coming Soon

-Narrative Short

This allegorical horror film is about a Settler family ​moving to the “frontier” in the late 1880s in ​hopes of establishing a prosperous homestead. ​Their claim to the land is met by the Blackfoot ​Trickster Napi, who offers more than just goods to ​share.

Accolades

Avenue Magazine

Top 40 under 40

Avenue Magazine

Top 40 under 40 (2021)

Horizon Award ​Winner

Mount Royal University Alumni ​Achievement Award (2021)

Audience chOICE ​aWARD

Calgary International Film Festival

Tales From The Rez (2023)

Diversity of Voices ​Participant - Top 25

Banff World Media Festival

Tales From The Rez (2021)

Indigenous Film ​Fellow

Whistler Film Festival (2019)

6X

ROSIE NOMINATIONS

AMPIA AWARD NOMINATIONS

Kaahtokitopii: The Horse He Never ​Rode (2023)

Indigenous ​Screenwriter’s ​Intensive Shorts

imagineNATIVE/Netflix (2020)