Secure a theater to bring St. Kolbe’s story to your city!
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You launch a local campaign and sell 80 tickets. We coordinate with the theater.
1,000 theaters on the feast of the Holy Name of Mary, September 12th.
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Why theater buyouts?
Reviewers are raving about Triumph of the Heart- but theaters hesitate to take risks on indie films like ours. So to get more screens, we need your support.
So we’re asking you to help us prove Kolbe’s story deserves to be witnessed.
By funding theaters, we will prove there is demand and more screens will follow.
How it Works
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Community leader launches crowdfunding campaign
Want the film to show near you? Step forward to become a host for $259 and launch your own local campaign & secure 15 tickets to your screening.
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Community rallies to crowdfund $1,500
While we coordinate with the theater, you will share your campaign page and rally your community to raise approx. $1,500.
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Community goes to the theater on opening weekend
Reach your goal & we’ll book it! We’ll send you the details and the tickets to distribute to your supporters. Miss, & everyone can opt to Give Forward or receive a refund.
Your campaign is the key to establishing a foothold in your city for our film.
“I’m sobbing as I write this. I simultaneously wanted it to be over and didn’t want it to end.”
— MIKE AQUILINA, AUTHOR OF “THE FATHERS OF THE CHURCH”
“Deeply powerful. Unflinching. Brilliantly written and acted.”
"The dominant artistic technique in Triumph of the Heart is like a Caravaggio masterpiece reemerging after 500 years.”
Give Forward funds will be used to give screenings to:
PRIESTS | SEMINARIANS | PRISONERS | RELIGIOUS | STUDENTS | MISSIONARIES
Some of the people who need this film the most are on the Church’s frontlines: priests, missionaries, and religious who have given everything for Christ. We’re partnering with seminaries, vocation offices, religious orders, and missionary groups to offer them free screenings using funds from our Give Forward pool.
We will also be using Give Forward funds to offer screenings to students. Many young people today are lost and need Christ—we will be partnering with schools and youth groups around the country to bring the film to our youth.
WRITER AND DIRECTOR’S STORY
I lost my faith
and wanted to die.
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I got sick. An undiagnosed medical condition destroyed my life. I couldn’t sleep. My relationship ended. I could barely hold down my job. And worst of all, there was no cure—no end in sight.
The darkness closed in, and I lost my faith. I didn’t want to live anymore.
But then I remembered Kolbe.
St. Maximilian Kolbe was a priest, a writer, and a Catholic friar. During World War II, he was arrested and sent to Auschwitz for his vocal opposition to the ideologies of the day.
He watched as 10 men were condemned to die in the starvation bunker—a brutal death sentence. When one man cried out, “My wife, my children!” Kolbe stepped forward and offered his own life in exchange.
I kept coming back to that starvation bunker—the place where Kolbe chose to love in the face of unimaginable suffering. I thought about how he forged a brotherhood in that darkness, how he transformed despair into hope. Slowly, a light began to break through.
Kolbe’s story gave me a way forward, and this film is my way of sharing that light with the world.
In an age that runs from pain and avoids the cost of love, Kolbe shows us another way. He is a saint for our time—and his story is one we all need to hear.
-Anthony D’Ambrosio
WHAT YOU GUYS ARE SAYING
St. Maximilian Kolbe,
Pray for Us
FAQs
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Because we’re independent. No studio backing. No celebrity names. Buying out every seat in a theater proves demand—and secures showings that are not otherwise guaranteed.
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Because not all theaters will carry our film on opening weekend and the ones that will currently don’t have tickets up for sale. If you want to guarantee our film will come to your city, buying out a theater right now is the best way to do that. Then, when the theater sees there’s demand in your city, they will likely open up more screens for others to come see the film.
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We don’t know yet. It depends on which campaigns hit their goals. If you want Triumph of the Heart near you, start or support a local campaign.
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As soon as your campaign reaches its goal of $1,500, our distributor will reach out to a theater in your area to secure the screening. Screenings will happen opening weekend (September 11–14, 2025).
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You can sell or give your ticket(s) to a friend. Your ticket(s) will be sent directly to you, so it will be your responsibility to give them to someone else if you are unable to make your screening.
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To priests, seminarians, missionaries, students, and religious. We’re coordinating with dioceses, vocations offices, schools, and religious orders nationwide.
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You’ll be given the option to Give Forward your tickets or request a refund. If you Give Forward your tickets, your contribution will go into our national pool of tickets for Give Forward recipients (priests, seminarians, religious, missionaries, and students).
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A host is the main point of contact for their screening. First, they kick-off their own campaign by paying $259 (they will receive 15 tickets if their campaign succeeds). Once their campaign is live, they will spread the word and rally support to reach the $1,500 goal. Once their campaign reaches it’s goal, we will reach out to discuss details about their screening. Then we handle booking the theater.