Artist Spotlight: Emilie Crewe > ‘Tributaries’ video installation Jillian McMullen Staff Writer milie Crewe, a Vancouver-based artist, may not have grown up in the Lower Mainland, but it has become her home since moving here after grad school. When the City of New Westminster put out a call to artists looking for works that would convey their own feelings of what home meant, she jumped at the chance to add her voice. Her experimental video collage Tributaries, which was first screened late last year, is now part of Be/ Longing, a new exhibition at the Anvil Centre’s New Westminster Museum. The title references a river, but Crewe describes it as “more of a nod to the concept of paying tribute to a larger entity.” The video documents New West residents, narrating the ACAD OF CANADIAN CINEMA & TELEVISION Jerrison Oracion Senior Columnist Ces has a lot of unique stories told through film and television. These stories are diverse and talk about different aspects of Canadian life. Last year, a lot of these stories were shown around the world and they were recognized in the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards. The award show this year was hosted by The Beaverton’s Emma Hunter and Murdoch Mysteries’ Jonny Harris. They were so good at hosting it this year that I think both should host it again next year. Hunter did a segment called This Time Next Year where she predicted Canadian content in the future, and in another part Harris read the acceptance speeches from some of the people who did not get an award. memories and the cultural histories of the people who have chosen the Fraser River area as their home. In an interview with the Other Press, Crewe remembers becoming obsessed with archival material while gathering content for her video. “When it was commissioned, I started doing a lot of research in New West, starting with the New West Museum and Archives,” said Crewe. “I was pulling a lot of files that had to do with industry and the Indigenous band that is in the area, which is the Qaygayt band. I tried to gather as many stories I could that had to do with the past and present of the Fraser River. “I wanted it to feel like a contemporary version of a scrapbook where you might see different pictures and stories throughout,” she said. “That’s why the video is cM Y Have an idea for a story? aia ola iene ‘Munchkin: Rick and Morty’ card game review (YY Creative Writing Department presents ‘Pearls 37’ (Y ‘Ready Player One’ is packed with references And more! collaged into nine windows.” Crewe spoke with a variety of different New West residents, including Chief Rhonda Larrabee of the Qayqayt First Nation, and politician Fin Donnelley, who swam the 1,325 km length of the Fraser River in 1995 and 2000. “T collected tons of different stories from different people. I would find people by word of mouth. People I contacted would suggest, ‘Oh, you should talk to this person,’ or, ‘Go check out this thing, go to this place’ It turned into a summer of collecting over 40 hours of footage.” She narrowed her footage down to a12-minute video, but the full oo! Canadian stories recognized at the Candys > Recap of the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards In film, Maudie won Best Film, and every other award for which it was nominated, sweeping the show with seven awards. It also won Best Actress for Sally Hawkins and Best Supporting Actor for Ethan Hawke. Ava received two awards including the First Feature Film Award and Best Supporting Actress for Bahar Nourian. Nabil Rajo won Best Actor for Boost, and it is a film to watch for when it becomes more widely available. In comedy, Kim’s Convenience won Best Comedy after a very successful second season and received three awards in total, also winning Best Actor ina Comedy for Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy for Andrew Phung. It’s tied with Schitt’s Creek, which won Best Actress ina Comedy for Catherine O’Hara. In drama, Anne got Best Drama and Best Supporting Actor in a Drama for R.H. Thomson's portrayal of Matthew Cuthbert. However, the shows with the most awards are Orphan Black and Vikings with three each. Orphan Black also won Best Actress in a Drama for Tatiana Maslany, who has won the award for every season of the show. In miniseries, Alias Grace won Best Miniseries and is tied with Cardinal with six awards. Alias Grace was also awarded Best Actress in a miniseries for Sarah Gadon, and Cardinal was awarded Best Actor ina Miniseries for Billy Campbell. The Baroness von Sketch Show received Best Variety Show and swept the awards with five wins. It’s a great show, though not a lot of people watch it because it airs in the summer. In local news, CBC News: Vancouver ACADEMI CANADIENNE DU CINEMA ET DE LA TELEVIS! Photo by Analyn Cuarto 40 hours of content she collected was added to the archives Crewe consulted at the onset of her project. The Be/Longing exhibition is the culmination of over a year’s worth of artist collaborations with the City of New Westminster, which commissioned the works that make up Be/Longing in celebration of Canada’s sesquicentennial. It opened on February 18 and will run in the museum until October 8. Considering its proximity to the Douglas College campus (and free admission), there’s no need for residents to travel all the way to downtown to appreciate art—it’s alive and thriving in the City of New Westminster. Canadian Screen Awards logo via Academy.ca ° N won three awards including Best Local Newscast, and they were recognized for their coverage of the BC provincial election last year, where they were the first station to project the results. Finally, the Canadian Screen Awards gave out special awards including the Academy Board of Directors Award to Margaret Atwood; the Academy Icon Award to Rick Mercer Report, which will end next month; the Earle Grey Award to Clark Johnson, who made many contributions to the Canadian entertainment industry and was ina lot of shows, most notably The Wire; and a lifetime achievement award to Peter Mansbridge. You can watch most of the winning films and shows on DVD, Blu-ray, and streaming services to see how diverse these Canadian stories are.