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.
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.
Photographs by Ting Ting Chen from the book Impressions of Newfoundland: The Art of Ting Ting Chen are used with the permission of Breakwater Books Ltd.
Special Thanks
Ting Ting Chen
Robert Tilley
Written and Directed by
Wanda Nolan
Edited by
Andrew MacCormack
Produced by
Liz Cowie
Rohan Fernando
Director of Photography
Stephanie Weber Biron
Sound Recordist
Matthew Thomson
Sound Designer
Catherine Van Der Donckt
Original Music
Sarah Harris
Musicians
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 Administrators
Isabelle Limoges
Leslie Anne Poyntz
Production Manager
Lynn Andrews
Senior Production Coordinators
Kelly Davis
Sarah MacLeod
Additional Editing
Justin Simms
Foley
Stéphane Cadotte
Re-Recording Mixer
Jean Paul Vialard
Technical Coordinators
Daniel Lord
Chris MacIntosh
Production Supervisor
Roz Power
Colourist & Online Editor
Luca Di Gioacchino
Technical Support – Editing
Pierre Dupont
Patrick Trahan
Albert Kurian
Graphic Design and Motion Design
Alain Ostiguy
Archives
Fine art photography by Ting Ting Chen
Photographs by Ting Ting Chen from the book
Impressions of Newfoundland:
The Art of Ting Ting Chen
are used with the permission of Breakwater Books Ltd.
Robert Tilley Personal Archives
Ting Ting Chen Personal Archives
Sons of Thunder Enterprises Inc. via Getty Images
BBC Archive via Getty Images
AevanStock via Pond5
Steve Thornhill Stock Footage
Tom Cochrane Stock Footage
FotoNostrum Magazine
Thank You
The Tilley Family
Annette Clarke
Colin Clarke
Deanne Foley
Jan Peterknecht
Ned Pratt
Justin Simms
The Colonial Building
Ches’s Famous Fish & Chips
Memorial University – Signal Hill Campus
Senior Marketing Advisor
Laurianne Désormiers
Marketing Project Manager
Geneviève Bérard
Marketing Coordinator
Michelle Rozon
Publicist
Jennifer Mair
Legal Advisor
Peter Kallianiotis
Executive Producers
Eastern Documentary Unit
Nathalie Cloutier
Rohan Fernando
A National Film Board of Canada production
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