News & Updates

The production and screening journal of Refuge 31

A series is born!

Spring might be here but you wouldn't know that from the weather in Winnipeg! Despite the evenings in the minus double digits (Celsius) we're managing to stay warm and keep busy at R31. Almost Unsolved: Heists, is currently in the middle of post production, while at...

On the road with Almost Unsolved: Heists

The recent weeks have been filled with travel and compelling interviews as R31 begins it's Almost Unsolved: Heists docuseries. From meeting former FBI agents and a Federal Marshal, to an author who’s covered one of America’s biggest heists from the 1950’s, it’s been...

Settling in to 2023

It's been a busy year for R31 so far, and it looks to stay that way for the rest of the year! Almost Unsolved, a 26-episode series that examines cold case homicides, spent nearly a full year in production and we are now proud to have delivered the final episode for...

R31 heads into 2023

As winter begins to show signs of letting up in our hometown of Winnipeg, R31 is busy as usual preparing for 2023 production. Currently we’re finishing up the post-production of 26 episodes of Almost Unsolved, a true crime series for Super Channel in Canada. The best...

A farewell to Cliff…

It is with great sadness that we hear of the passing of Cliff Derksen. Cliff was the subject of our 2017 documentary Suspended and the Art of Forgiveness which examined forgiveness and the intersection of art and faith in the aftermath of tragedy. Our crew spent...

R31: Stay Tuned…

The winter of 2021/22 at R31 has been full of awards, screenings, some big project completions and even the start of a new series project. All of which has meant we've been extremely busy. To top it all off our website and logo are currently being updated. There's a...

A farewell to Vince

R31 is deeply saddened at news of the sudden passing of Vince Fontaine. In 2020 Vince and Andrew Wall co-directed Eagle & Hawk Take the Stage, a TV-half hour documentary for CBC. (Learn more and watch the film at CBC Gem.) When working with Vince we saw a kind and...