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The Muse

Take a road trip across Newfoundland with photographer Ting Ting Chen and her muse, Robert Tilley, as they explore memory, identity and the power of creative connections.
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When 74-year-old Robert Tilley agreed to take photographer Ting Ting Chen on a road trip across Newfoundland, neither could have predicted the deep, cross-generational friendship that would blossom between them, nor how Robert’s role in Ting Ting’s art would challenge traditional ideas of the artist-muse relationship. This touching short film explores the concepts of aging, memory and identity while demonstrating the power of creative connection.

Seniors Visual Arts Women - Portraits All subjects
  • participant
    Ting Ting Chen
    Robert Tilley
  • writer
    Wanda Nolan
  • director
    Wanda Nolan
  • editor
    Andrew MacCormack
  • producer
    Liz Cowie
    Rohan Fernando
  • director of photography
    Stephanie Weber Biron
  • sound recordist
    Matthew Thomson
  • sound designer
    Catherine Van Der Donckt
  • original music
    Sarah Harris
  • musician
    Sarah Harris
    Rhys Climenhage
  • 1st assistant camera
    Josef Gerhards
  • key grip
    Sean Doran
  • additional photography
    Duncan de Young
  • additional sound
    Joshua White
    Mark Neary
  • associate producer
    Kelly Davis
  • line producer
    Geneviève Duguay
  • production administrator
    Isabelle Limoges
    Leslie Anne Poyntz
  • production manager
    Lynn Andrews
  • senior production coordinator
    Kelly Davis
    Sarah MacLeod
  • additional editing
    Justin Simms
  • foley
    Stéphane Cadotte
  • re-recording mixer
    Jean Paul Vialard
  • technical coordinator
    Daniel Lord
    Chris MacIntosh
  • production supervisor
    Roz Power
  • colourist
    Luca di Gioacchino
  • online editor
    Luca di Gioacchino
  • technical support - editing
    Pierre Dupont
    Patrick Trahan
    Albert Kurian
  • graphic design
    Alain Ostiguy
  • motion design
    Alain Ostiguy
  • senior marketing advisor
    Laurianne Désormiers
  • marketing project manager
    Geneviève Bérard
  • marketing coordinator
    Michelle Rozon
  • publicist
    Jennifer Mair
  • legal advisor
    Peter Kallianiotis
  • executive producer
    Nathalie Cloutier
    Rohan Fernando
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