The first of four installments in the groundbreaking Heartbeat of the World anthology film series. Comprised of several short films by some of the world's most exciting directors, Words with Gods follows the theme of religion - specifically as it relates to an individual's relationship with his/her god or gods...or the lack thereof. In Words with Gods, each director recounts a narrative centered around human fragility, as well as environmental and cultural crises involving specific religions with which each has a personal relationship; including early Aboriginal Spirituality, Umbanda, Buddhism, the Abrahamic faiths, Hinduism, and Atheism. An animated sequence by Mexican animator Maribel Martinez is woven through each of the film segments, with each segment narratively connected as a feature-length film.

A Swedish pastor fails a loving woman, a suicidal fisherman and God.

Margit and her older sister Katla flee for safety after their mother is burned to death for witchcra...

Ned Kendall is asked to return to the remote and isolated family home by his sister, to say goodbye ...

Jenny is sent to a women's reform school. It is run by evil warden Sutter and her henchwoman Edna. J...

Two middle aged German brothers - one New Age and recently divorced, the other uptight and sceptical...

In the city of São Paulo, the routine of gravedigger apprentice Deodato changes when a new working g...

The uneasy relationship between a mother and daughter is made all the more turbulent by drug abuse i...

In a chaotic dystopian Canada, Caleb Jacobs, a gruff survivalist is faced with tough decisions when ...

A young refugee travels from Russia to America in search of her lost father and falls in love with a...

Feminism, Victoria Benedictsson, Leandro N. Alem, the Radical Party in Argentina, suicide, stunts, E...

A fatally ill mother with only two months to live creates a list of things she wants to do before sh...

In Japanese-occupied Hong Kong, a school teacher and her would-be-fiancé link up with Chinese guerri...

Cecilie and Joachim are about to get married when a freak car accident leaves Joachim disabled, thro...

Several lonely hearts in a semi-provincial suburb of a town in Denmark use a beginner's course in It...

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy livin...

In a small, conservative Scottish village, an oilman is paralyzed in an accident. His wife, who pray...

A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.

The true story of photographer Elizabeth "Lee" Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war c...

Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized so...

Lili, a pouty and voluptuous 14-year-old, is caravan camping with her family in Biarritz. She's self...