Revelations of Divine Love | 2025, 73m

Caroline Golum

Two Screenings!

LA Premiere: June 23 | 8:00pm

2220 Arts + Archives

Q&A with director Caroline Golum & Larisa Grollemond, Associate Curator of Manuscripts, Getty Museum

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Night 2: June 29 | 7:00pm

Now Instant Image Hall

Q&A with actress Tessa Strain & writer Molly Lambert

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An irreverent biopic vividly realized through fantastic psychedelia and handmade sets with an ever-topical feminist approach, Revelations of Divine Love is inspired by and adapted from the memoir of 14th-century mystic and philosopher Julian of Norwich—an account of religious ecstasy, plague, and revolt considered to be the first book to be authored by a woman in English.

The film envisions the life of Julian in the lead-up to her anchorage—through her illness and the onset of her godly visions—and follows her through the years as she indulges in her desire to write and becomes a revered and holy figure to those in her town and beyond the city walls.

With thanks to Several Futures.

Revelations will be accompanied by:

Three Mystics, 9m, 2023, Greece

Ioanna Filippopoulou

Three Mystics is a filmic essay referring to the spiritual journeys of three historical figures: Sufi poetess Rabia al Basra, esoteric writer Marguerite Porete, a Christian, and Lingayat Akka Mahadevi. Each mystic’s ritual is reflective of her devotion to her deity, showcasing how different religions all thread in common divine love. With beautiful coloration and anachronism, the film gives an unusual, expansive dimension to gender in spirituality and religion.

Ioanna Filippopoulou (1997, Athens) is a visual artist and filmmaker. She studied fine arts in the Athens School of Fine Arts. Her artistic practice spans various mediums, including analogue film, sculpture, and performance, reflecting an interdisciplinary approach. The main aspects of her work revolve around the fusion of religious systems underlying their unity amidst diversity while questioning cultural and religious identity. Through her practice she explores further the ways in which pop culture is shaping and influencing modern perceptions of spirituality.

She has actively participated in numerous exhibitions, showcasing installations and video works. Her films have been screened in several international film festivals around Europe and the US. She is actively involved in experimental filmmaking community. She recently produced her latest film, Therapeutirion, which is in the process of post-production. In addition to her vocation in visual arts and filmmaking, she has worked as an art director and set constructor for various performances, films and series.