Live concert project to be released this summer…

Live concert project to be released this summer…

The first feature documentary that Refuge 31 produced, Burning Ember: The Steve Bell Journey, involved following singer-songwriter Steve Bell and shooting over a dozen concerts across Canada and the USA. Refuge 31 is now planning to release a 44 minute live concert...
Burning Ember on CBC and online at CBCmusic

Burning Ember on CBC and online at CBCmusic

Refuge is delighted to announce that it’s first feature documentary production, Burning Ember: The Steve Bell Journey, will be airing January 6th on CBC’s Documentary Channel. We’re also excited that CBC Music is streaming the film online for a...
Filming begins on the documentary Suspended…

Filming begins on the documentary Suspended…

Refuge 31 Films has begun filming the documentary Suspended, a TV-hour documentary that examines Winnipeg artist Cliff Derksen as he with his wife Wilma and daughter Odia sculpt, paint and build towards an oncoming art show. The Derksen family is well known by the...
Last Objectors filming in Manitoba

Last Objectors filming in Manitoba

Refuge has been filming through October and November around Manitoba as part of the 44 minute documentary The Last Objectors. In association with MTS Stories From Home and the Mennonite Heritage Centre Archives, the documentary is part of a two part project supported...
Rhubarb Magazine reviews Burning Ember

Rhubarb Magazine reviews Burning Ember

  Refuge 31 was delighted this week to see an article in Rhubarb Magazine reviewing Burning Ember: The Steve Bell Journey.  “This film is the definitive story of Steve Bell. It is not, as I initially thought, a music video compilation or a concert film;...
Last Stop to Armageddon wraps shooting in Manitoba

Last Stop to Armageddon wraps shooting in Manitoba

  Refuge 31 had a busy weekend shooting some period scenes for the documentary Last Stop to Armageddon. Trenches, gas, some fantastic Living History Presenters  and lots of action made for an incredible amount of fun. The trenches being shot at are part of the...