More About the Story of FABIOLA

In Fabiola, a pagan Roman noblewoman finds herself surrounded by Christians from all walks of life—slaves, soldiers, and schoolboys—whose unwavering faith in the face of torture and death forces her to question her own position.

Influenced by Christians like Syra, Sts. Agnes, and Sebastian, she begins to draw closer to the True Faith. However, her journey is disrupted when Fulvius betrays her Christian friends to the tribunal, threatening everyone she has come to admire.

In this film Rome, a city that claims an intimate connection with every Christian ever born, endures an era when the will of the government controls everything and everyone, sanctioning the people’s most base desires. Christians are blamed for every ill effect of society.

Faced with this unjust opposition, Christians must live their Faith manfully enduring many sacrifices all while holding on in the face of constant danger. If they are discovered they quickly inherit a martyr’s crown.

Be Part of the Christ-Centered Cultural Counterrevolution

All of our past films have been dependent on you, our audience. In fact with your help we raised $13,000 to make the proof of concept that you can watch at the top of this page. It is a pilot called the Agnes Prison Scene.

Now we are calling on you to help us reach our goal of $70,000 to get production underway and continue to build a movement around Fabiola. 

Progress to date:

• Set the first funding goal and chose first scenes to be filmed
• Assembled a 15 member development team
• Contracted the majority of the cast for the full film, including Emily Hawk as Fabiola and Caleb McConner as Fulvius
• Began receiving investments
• Released the Agnes Prison Scene October 7th, 2024
• Filmed a scene of the Fabiola movie June 2024
  
• Completed full script
  
• Hosted two rounds of casting and auditioning
• Received acting applications from people across the country
• Raised $13,000 to film the first scene of the Fabiola film

Other Ways To Help

Learn more about investing opportunities. 

• Profit Participation: Equity investment options for a share in the film's profits.
• Expected Return on Investment: Equity investors will receive a pro rata share of the film's net profits based on their investment. This includes recoupment of the initial investment plus 20% of the investment.

Fabiola's Team

Production Studio: Industrious Family Films
Director: Mary Bowen

Fabiola will be the Bowen Family's fifth production. Like the Kendricks, the Burns and many others, we make movies as a family. Making inspiring and faith-filled entertainment is our family apostolate.

Being a family crew enables us to play to our own strengths and weaknesses. We are known for accomplishing what we set out to do in an efficient and impactful way. Having been on so many movie sets and working in this field for so many years means that we all know how to perform all the tasks necessary to keeping a movie set running smoothly be it lights, operating cameras or applying makeup.

As a family we also hold one another responsible and will not let anyone give up on the Fabiola dream. This ensures that the Fabiola film will be made and we will all carry through to the bitter end.

Mary Bowen - The oldest child Mary is the Creative Director and Writer of Fabiola. She has been directing films since she was sixteen years old.

Faustina Bowen - Faustina the second child is the Production Director and Chief Writer of Fabiola. She has been writing screen plays and coaching actors since she was fourteen years old.

Matt and Kathleen Bowen - Matt and Kathleen are the producers of the film Fabiola. They have fulfilled the role of producers for all the films that the family has made.

Help has poured in from all sectors of Catholic filmmaking and we couldn't be more happy with the team we've formed to make this a project like no other.

See the Fabiola film week photo gallery and Mary’s journal from the week here.