CINEMA FIRMAMENT
REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE
World Premiere: FIDMarseilles 2025
Supported in part by the New York State Council for the Arts and the Brooklyn Arts Council.
Crew
Caroline Golum, Director/Co-Writer
Kate Stahl, Producer
Gabe Elder, Cinematographer
Grant Stoops, Art Director
Nell Simon, Costume Designer
Zach Clark, Editor
Sydney Buchan, Assistant Director/Liturgical Consultant
Julian of Norwich wrote “Revelations of Divine Love” in the midst of a global pandemic, a national uprising, and a societal shift in gender roles and norms. Our film borrows its title from her book and expands on her account with a narrative crafted from the historical record and speculative fiction.
Cast
Tessa Strain / Julian of Norwich
Theodore Bouloukos / Father Ambrose, Julian’s Confessor
Isabel Pask / Sarah, Julian’s Confidant
Mary Jo Mecca / Mary, Julian’s Mother
Inney Prakash / Hamlin, a Curate
Press:
“Revelations of Divine Love — Caroline Golum [FIDMarseille ’25 Review]” by Michael Sicinski, In Review Online
“‘A Medieval Period Piece for Under $200,000’: Caroline Golum on FIDMarseille 2025 Premiere Revelations of Divine Love, Prayer and Process” by Sofia Bohdanowicz, Filmmaker Magazine
“FID 2025 (Compétition internationale) Caroline Golum –
« Revelations of Divine Love »” by Frédérique Lambert, Culturopoing.com (FR)
Awards:
2025 TDC Awards, Lettering: Ben Tuttle, Title Designer
Wave Farm MAAF 2024
NYSCA FY2022 Grant
Brooklyn Arts Council FY2021 Grant
A FEAST OF MAN, 2018
Available on Tubi, Amazon Prime and Vimeo on Demand, distributed by Aspect Ratio Films.
When an eccentric playboy dies unexpectedly, his five closest friends are summoned to the family estate for a reading of his will. Each stands to inherit a million dollars, provided they unanimously agree to eat his dead body.
World Premiere: Sidewalk Film Festival; Official Selection: IndieMemphis; Sarasota Film Festival; Micro-Waves Cinema Series.
About
Caroline Golum is a filmmaker, writer, and film programmer based in New York. She holds a BFA in Film and Video from the School of Visual Arts. When she is not working for the man, she is usually watching, writing about, or working on a movie.
Film Programming: Anthology Film Archives, Light Industry, 92YTribeca, Spectacle Theater.
Bylines: Film Comment, Film Quarterly, Reverse Shot, Little White Lies, Screen Slate, Filmmaker Magazine
Interviews: Brooklyn Rail, The Playlist
Podcasts: Self Worst, Flixwise
On Screen: Cinema Rules Everything Around Me, dir. Rachel Wolther, 2020