Genres
Production Companies
Itaca Films
Mij Film Co.
Words with Gods
It is time to know each other
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Guillermo Arriaga, Mira Nair, Hideo Nakata, Warwick Thornton, Álex de la Iglesia, Héctor Babenco, Bahman Ghobadi, Amos Gitai, Emir Kusturica
Producer: Lucas Akoskin, Guillermo Arriaga, Alex García
Writer: Warwick Thornton, Dunja Kusturica, Jorge Guerricaechevarría, Hideo Nakata, Amos Gitai, Guillermo Arriaga, Héctor Babenco, Álex de la Iglesia, Emir Kusturica, Reema Kagti
Director of Photography: Adrian Teijido, Tetsuro Sano, Shanker Raman, Sergio Yazbek, Martin Šec, Kiko de la Rica, Igor Martinović, Warwick Thornton, Giora Bejach
Screenplay: Zoya Akhtar, Bahman Ghobadi
