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.
Set in 1970 in a desert mining town in northern Chile, Mariola is a 17-year-old known in the town as...

Sonya, a 17-year-old Russian immigrant, lives in a claustrophobic Brooklyn apartment with her dad an...

Two codependent roommates, on the verge of eviction, flee New York for the promise of sunshine in Lo...

The story of a prostitute "Mona Farkha" through a meeting with the director and the scenarist of the...

Following her sister's disappearance, Jax and her niece Roki must stick together. Desperate to keep ...

Dancer Elena and sign language interpreter Dovydas meet and form a beautiful bond. As they dive into...

Mika and Tesfay. She: a photographer. He: a musician. Both up-and-coming. The first love. But an inv...

The adventures of two amiably aimless metal-head friends, Wayne and Garth. From Wayne's basement, th...

A renowned artist must uncover a young dancer's secrets in order to truly capture her likeness for a...

Manuela is left behind when her husband Justo fights for his ideals against Franco's Nationalists du...

A look at the lives of 19th-century composers Clara and Robert Schumann.

After running into something with her car, Vero experiences a particular psychological state. She re...

A realist dramedy about dedicated social workers who devote their long shifts to helping pregnant wo...

In the periphery of São Paulo, the pregnant single mother Cleuza works as maid in the apartment of a...

A look at the life of legendary American pilot Amelia Earhart, who disappeared while flying over the...

A bloodstain on a sheet triggers a great transformation in Tina, an eleven-year-old girl. As she spr...

There's this hot ice-hockey guy called Lauri Mäntyvaara. Satu promises she'll do her best, so that h...

Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's a...

The story of a young girl who escapes her reality by immersing herself in a watery version of the wo...

A story through a child's eyes about living through a drought.