{"id":1851,"date":"2026-05-05T15:37:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T13:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/refuge-institute.org\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T09:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T07:54:29","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/refuge-institute.org\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1851\" class=\"elementor elementor-1851 elementor-1234\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc9e26d e-flex e-con-boxed qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fc9e26d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2a0d7ed elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2a0d7ed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19fee06 e-flex e-con-boxed qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"19fee06\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8825ea e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d8825ea\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29987e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29987e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><span style=\"color: #1c1710;\">An <span style=\"color: #a8834a;\"><em>arts &#038; sciences<\/em><\/span> ecosystem<\/span><\/h2>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2677182 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2677182\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"body-text\">\n<div>\n<p>The REFUGE Institute is an independent research-creation studio located in Northern Alps (Haute-Savoie), founded by <span style=\"color: #c9a96e;\"><em>Aur\u00e9lie Debussch\u00e8re<\/em><\/span>, filmmaker &#038; researcher.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute operates on an <span style=\"color: #c9a96e;\"><em>itinerant and partnership-based<\/em><\/span> model: without its own fixed location, it relies on a network of cultural and natural sites to carry out its missions.<\/p>\n<p>Its mission: to create indigenous collective or &#8216;local&#8217; films, with the participation of residents, to tell the story of their land in all its diversity.<\/p>\n<p>The Institute addresses a foundational research question: <span style=\"color: #c9a96e;\"><em>&#8220;How can the collective creation of a cinematic work transform the dynamics of a territory?&#8221;<\/em><\/span> At the interface between issues of belonging, knowledge transmission, and living together, the Institute invites you to embark on a thrilling human adventure.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c447f62 e-con-full e-flex qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c447f62\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-45f2f16 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"45f2f16\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/refuge-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-18-15.46.54.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1818\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/refuge-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-18-15.46.54.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/refuge-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-18-15.46.54-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/refuge-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-18-15.46.54-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/refuge-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-18-15.46.54-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/refuge-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/photo_2026-06-18-15.46.54-650x650.jpeg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5f4d38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5f4d38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Association loi 1901<br\/>APE 94.99Z \u00b7 SIREN 101 837 037<br\/>Haute-Savoie \u00b7 France<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c68f4fb e-flex e-con-boxed qodef-elementor-content-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c68f4fb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51888ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-qi_addons_for_elementor_section_title\" data-id=\"51888ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"qi_addons_for_elementor_section_title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-qi-section-title qodef-decoration--italic qodef-link--underline-draw qodef-subtitle-icon--left\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"qodef-m-title\">\n\t\tWhy \"Refuge\"?\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-m-text\"><p>The institute offers a space of protection and solidarity, a symbolic place where knowledge and arts intertwine. 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