The Muse (2025)

Directed by

Wanda Nolan

Genre

documentary

Country

Canada

Runtime

18 min

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A photographer and a senior citizen form a friendship during a road trip across Newfoundland. The film documents their creative partnership.

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What happens

The Muse is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Wanda Nolan and released in 2025. The film documents the friendship and creative partnership that develops between Ting Ting Chen, a photographer, and Robert Tilley, a senior citizen who agrees to accompany her on a road trip across Newfoundland. The film premiered at the 2025 Atlantic International Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Atlantic Short Documentary. The film won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Short Documentary at the 14th Canadian Screen Awards in 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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