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Triumph of the Heart director faced glorious trials making great Catholic art—w/ Anthony D’Ambrosio
By Thomas Mirus and James Majewski ( bio - articles - email ) | Oct 22, 2025 | In Criteria: The Catholic Film Podcast
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Anthony D’Ambrosio directed, wrote, and produced the outstanding new film Triumph of the Heart about St. Maximilian Kolbe. In this inspiring interview, he discusses the difficult path he and his team charted to produce this independent film with a low budget, high artistic standards, and deep Catholic spirituality.
Film is an expensive medium. Since a high budget requires one to calculate mainstream appeal in order to make one’s money back, a low budget can leave more room for artistic and spiritual integrity. Though the production faced many hardships, it was buoyed up by the hope that the project could break a new path for other Catholic filmmakers to follow.
Triumph of the Heart is available to screen at your parish, and will start streaming on its official website November 1.
Links
Show Triumph of the Heart at your parish https://www.triumphoftheheart.com/
Our review of Triumph of the Heart https://www.catholicculture.org/commentary/triumph-heart-is-film-worthy-its-subject-st-maximilian-kolbe/
Music is The Duskwhales, “Take It Back”, used with permission. https://theduskwhales.bandcamp.com
Criteria is hosted by Thomas V. Mirus and James T. Majewski.
Thomas is President of Trinity Communications, Director of Podcasts for CatholicCulture.org and hosts the Catholic Culture Podcast. See full bio.
James is Vice President of Trinity Communications and Director of Customer Relations for CatholicCulture.org as well as the host and narrator for Catholic Culture Audiobooks. See full bio.
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