Science Fiction Makers in production
R31 is pleased to announce that The Science Fiction Makers, part two of the Faith in Imagination Series, has officially restarted production in the wake of the initial Covid-19 lockdown in Canada. Observing all protocols to ensure safety, R31 will no longer be...
Unprecedented times…
R31 has had a fairly busy run of production since its inception in 2013. However, in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak this has stopped. While there's plenty of post production and development that can continue during this time of self-isolation and group avoidance,...
Volendam takes top documentary prize at Real to Reel
In a weekend of 'staggering' attendance at the Winnipeg Real to Reel Festival, R31's film Volendam: A Refugee Story took home the Best Feature Documentary prize. The film, which examines the story of Mennonite refugees fleeing the Soviet Union during the Second World...
Volendam: A Refugee Story completed and to screen at Real to Reel
Refuge 31 Films has completed its long awaited feature documentary film Volendam: A Refugee Story. Production began well over a year ago which included travel to the Volendam and Neuland Colonies in Paraguay. The documentary examines the group of Russian Mennonite...
A fantastic festival run for Suspended and The Fantasy Makers
Over the past six months it has been an exciting festival run for two of R31's films, Suspended and the Art of Forgiveness and The Fantasy Makers, that has included many awards and accolades... Starting in February, Suspended and the Art of Forgiveness took the Best...
Refuge 31 wins in Texas
It's been an exciting summer of screenings, awards and accolades for two of R31's films, Suspended and the Art of Forgiveness and The Fantasy Makers. Both recently screened at the sixth annual Fort Worth Indie Film Showcase where Suspended won Best Overall Foreign...
R31 Heads to Paraguay
R31 is excited to be travelling to the Neuland and Volendam colonies of Paraguay for its documentary film Volendam: Ship of Freedom. The crew will be interviewing people who fled the Soviet Union during the Second World War and boarded the Dutch ship Volendam for...
Refuge 31 goes to Texas
R31 is honoured to announce that two of its films, The Fantasy Makers: Tolkien Lewis MacDonald and Suspended and the Art of Forgiveness, are each nominated for a Remi Award at the 52nd Annual WorldFest-Houston International Independent Film Festival. The prestigious,...
Suspended takes Best Feature Documentary at Real to Reel Film Festival
Suspended and the Art of Forgiveness, a feature documentary that follows Winnipeg artist Cliff Derksen, recently won Best Documentary Feature at the Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival. The film screened three times and had Cliff and his daughter Odia Reimer...
Refuge 31 to have two films screening at Real to Reel in February
Refuge 31 is honoured to have two documentary films, Suspended and the Art of Forgiveness as well as Otto's Passion, screening at the Winnipeg Real to Reel Film Festival on February 19 -24. Refuge is no stranger to the multi-day festival and has not only won numerous...
CASTING NOTICE
REFUGE 31 FILMS is seeking (non-union) extras for documentary reenactment scenes set in 1947, post war Europe. No experience needed. Extras to be paid in the form of honorarium. LOOKING FOR: Adult Males of African-Canadian/American descent (Ages 18 - 30) to play US...
The Fantasy Makers goes into America
Refuge 31 Films is please to announce that starting this fall, in association with Vision Video (USA), The Fantasy Makers will be carried by American Public Television. The feature film, which examines the live's of fantasy writers George MacDonald, JRR Tolkien and CS...