Words with Gods

Words with Gods features nine powerful stories of faith, created by some of the world’s most celebrated filmmakers. A dramatic spectrum of beliefs are represented, with each filmmaker speaking about the one closest to the culture they depict in their story: Warwick Thornton deals with Aboriginal Spirituality, Hector Babenco with Umbanda, Mira Nair with Hinduism, Hideo Nakata with Shinto Buddhism, Amos Gitai with Judaism, Alex de la Iglesia with Catholicism, Emir Kusturica with Orthodox Christianity, Bahman Ghobadi with Islam and Guillermo Arriaga with Atheism. The film is a panoramic global story that confronts birth and death, fateful choices, and faith lost and found.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Script: Based on a concept by Guillermo Arriaga, film order curated by Mario Vargas Llosa

Cinematography: Warwick Thornton/Adrian Teijido/ Shanker Raman/Tetsuro Sano/Giora Bejach/Kiko de la Rica/Martin Sec/Igor Martinovic/Sergio Yazbek

Editing: Roland Gallois/Ide Lacreta/Shimit Amin/Nobuyuki Takahashi/Isabelle Ingold/Pablo Blanco /Svetolik Mica Zajc/Bahman Ghobadi, Franziska Von Berlepsch /Richard Chew

Sound: Liam Egan/Miriam Biderman ABC, Ricardo Reis/Cheerag Cama/Kiyoshi Kakizawa, Kenji Shibasaki/Alex Claude/Charly Schmukler/Aleksandra Perovic/Sinan Berksoz, Thomas Robert/Javier Umpierrez

Music: Peter Gabriel & Elizabeth Lansen, Shellie Morris, Patrick McCloskey/Sneha Khanwalkar/Kenji Kawai/Tali Weisman/Joan Valent/Stribor Kusturica/Lorne Balfe

Actors: Miranda Tapsell, Buzzacott/Chico Diaz, Barbara Paz/Tanuja, RamKapoor/Masatoshi Nagase, Kazuya Takahashi, Makiko Watanabe/Yael Abecassis, ZoharStrauss, Sarai Givaty/Juan Fernandez, Pepon Nieto, Paco Za

Producers: Kath Shelper/Francisco Ramalho Jr/Chico Diaz, Barbara Paz/Ami Boghani, Mira Nair/Atsuyuki Shimoda/Michael Thapuah/Alex de la Iglesia, Yousaf Bokhari/Paula Vaccaro/Mij Film/Alex Garcia, Guillermo

Art Direction: Daran Fulham/Cristina Camargo/Suzanne Caplan Merwanji/Miguel Markin/Jose Arrizabalaga/Arri, Arturo Garcia/ Biafra/Nebojsa Lipanovic/Ruben Bross, Alejandro Martinez

Production Design: Daran Fulham/Cristina Camargo/Suzanne Caplan Merwanji/Miguel Markin/Jose Arrizabalaga/Arri, Arturo Garcia/ Biafra/Nebojsa Lipanovic/Ruben Bross, Alejandro Martinez

Format: DCP Color

Production Country: Mexico-USA

Production Year: 2014

Duration: 134

Contact: BN Films, USAinfo@bnfilms.tvwww.bnfilms.tv