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The Muse
202517 min 59 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Wanda Nolan
Production: Liz Cowie (National Film Board of Canada)Rohan Fernando (National Film Board of Canada)Nathalie Cloutier (National Film Board of Canada)
Script: Wanda Nolan
A National Film Board of Canada production.
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.
Subject categories
- Seniors > Interpersonal Relationships
- Visual Arts > Photography
- Women - Portraits > Visual Arts and Crafts
Credits
- 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
Awards
- Best Atlantic Short DocAtlantic International Film Festival
- Best Canadian Short Documentary AwardLunenburg Docfest
- Honourable Mention for the Best Atlantic Filmmaker AwardLunenburg Docfest
- Audience Choice Award for Best ShortLunenburg Docfest