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Caroline Golum’s Revelations of Divine Love Finds a North American Distributor in Several Futures—Take a First Look at Exclusive Photos
Revelations of Divine Love Several Futures announces today that it has acquired North American distribution for Revelations of Divine Love, New York-based filmmaker Caroline Golum’s sophomore film. Following her 2017 debut A Feast of Man, Golum’s 14th century-set feature had its world premiere at FIDMarseille last summer. Several Futures, which specializes in “auteurist and anti-imperialist work,” picks up Revelations of Divine Love a few weeks after its North American premiere at the Montreal Critics’ Week film festival.
“Caroline Golum’s film is totally unique in the current landscape of American independent film—not only in its ambition, but in its sincerity and artistry,” said Several Futures founder Graham Carter via press release. “Several Futures couldn’t be more honored to help get it out into the world.”
Co-written by Golum and Laurence Bond, the film mines from the text of the same name written by medieval anchoress Julian of Norwich (played here by newcomer Tessa Strain). Considered the earliest surviving example of an English-language work penned by a woman, Revelations of Divine Love is a record of Julian’s holy visions as she voluntarily sequestered herself to a life of solitude and prayer. Utilizing handcrafted sets, charming practical effects and Renaissance fair-inspired costumes, Golum leans away from straightforward period accuracy, instead emphasizing an air of theatricality.
“In an increasingly corporate distribution landscape, Several Futures is a breath of fresh air, committed to a forward-thinking, artist-focused exhibition ethos,” added Golum. “It’s the perfect fit for a film like ours.”
Alongside Golum, producer Kate Stahl (who also produced 2023’s New Strains from Artemis Shaw and Prashanth Kamalakanthan) negotiated the deal with Several Futures. Other indie film collaborators on the project include cinematographer Gabe Elder, who also shot Sarah Friedland‘s excellent Familiar Touch; editor Zach Clark (a filmmaker in his own right, having helmed The Becomers and Little Sister); and actor Theodore Bouloukos, who most recently starred in Carson Lund’s baseball hangout film Eephus. There are also many delightful cameos from New York film programmers, critics and cinema stalwarts—so keep your eyes peeled.
Revelations of Divine Love will open at Anthology Film Archives in New York in late March, before screening at other venues in NYC and around the country. In conjunction with the film’s opening at Anthology, Golum has programmed the series Revelations of the Middle Ages. Running March 25 through April 4, selected films include Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Canterbury Tales (1972), Guru, the Mad Monk (1970), Excalibur (1981), Flesh+Blood (1985), and The Masque of the Red Death (1964).
Below, find an exclusive series of first look photos of Golum’s enchanting film. To satiate further curiosity, read Canadian filmmaker Sofia Bohdanowicz‘s interview with Golum that we published this past July out of FIDMarseille.
