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.

Sheltered rich girl Charlene has an over-protective mother who insists that her daughter should marr...

A hospital in the suburbs of Tokyo. This is a gay hospital. Doctor Goto treats his favorite patient ...

Lucy and Jane have been best friends for most of their lives and think they know everything there is...

A scholarly Vatican priest is tasked with investigating an extraordinary 'miracle': his brother Abel...

It's the big day of Mathias' confirmation, where he will confirm being a Christian and enter adultho...

When four teenage drug dealers and their boss violate the altar of a crack addicted Santeria prophet...
Two people meet by chance in Busan, South Korea. Indah works at the Indonesian Embassy in Busan. Abi...

Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen. As they delve into Austen's liter...

Leni takes Rafi to meet her family in Madrid. Leni's family is Jewish - mother, father, older sister...

Two escaped cons' only prayer to escape is to pass themselves off as priests and pass by the police ...

Tobias is the new, idealistic priest in a suburb but he soon learns that his flock is quite unintere...

Helen lives in London with her father and her kids. John, her husband, is an aid-worker in Eastern E...

Felix Rath is a small and lovable rogue . When he finds handwritten love letters from John F. Kenned...

In 1609, Henry IV sent Inquisition judge Pierre de Lancre to the French Basque Country to investigat...

In a small, poor village leaning over high rocky mountains, the villagers are simple and diligent pe...

Ecki is a sweet, closeted gay man who works in his family’s bakery and plays goalie in his small tow...

Aïcha is a troubled teenage girl who cannot forgive her mother for kicking out the stepfather she ad...

Kessler's lab was created to run drug trials to determine what went wrong with a once popular mood s...

In the moment when Belgrade industrialist Života Cvijović had dreams to marry off his son Milorad, D...

An aspiring actress has lost considerable weight to land her first movie role, but what the director...