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Despite the Gods

Jennifer Lynch daughter of cult film auteur David Lynch made her auspicious directorial debut in 1993 with Boxing Helena at the Sundance Film Festival. A box office disaster the film was viciously mauled by critics and became the focus of multiple lawsuits. Fifteen years later after an extended hiatus recovering from addiction and a serious back injury, hard-working single mother Lynch returns to the director’s chair with an ambitious project that will test her skills and the entire crew’s sanity.

Despite the Gods brings us behind the scenes on the set of Lynch’s Bollywood/Hollywood action film about a man eating snake goddess. Braving the unmapped territory of Bollywood-Hollywood movie making, chaos is the process and filmmaking doubles as a crash course in acceptance and self-realization.

  • Penny Vozniak
    Director
  • Karina Astrup
    Producer
    6ft Hick: notes from the underground, Morgana
  • Mallika Sherawat
    Key Cast
    Kismet Love Paisa Dilli
  • Jennifer Lynch
    Key Cast
    Boxing Helena, Surveillance, Chained
  • Sydney Lynch
    Key Cast
  • Govind Menon
    Key Cast
    Politics of Love
  • Project Type:
    Documentary
  • Genres:
    Documentary
  • Runtime:
    1 hour 25 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    April 26, 2012
  • Production Budget:
    245,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    India
  • Shooting Format:
    HD
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Hot Docs
    Toronto, Canada
    April 28, 2012
    North American Premiere
  • Sydney Film Festival
    Sydney, Australia
    June 9, 2012
    Australian Premiere
  • Dungog Film Festival
    Dungog, Australia
    June 29, 2013
  • Fantasia Film Festival
    Montreal, Canada
    August 4, 2012
  • EIDF
    Seoul, South Korea
    August 29, 2012
    East Asia Premiere
  • Melbourne Underground Film Festival
    Melbourne, Australia
    August 25, 2012
    Victorian Premiere
  • Sydney Underground Film Festival
    Sydney, Australia
    September 8, 2012
  • Split Film Festival
    Split, Croatia
    September 21, 2012
    European Premiere
  • Raindance Film Festival
    London, UK
    October 2, 2012
    UK Premiere
  • Sitges Film Festival
    Sitges, Spain
    October 7, 2012
    Spanish Premiere
  • Stockholm Film Festival
    Stockholm, Sweden
    November 9, 2012
    Nordic Premiere
  • Brisbane International Film Festival
    Brisbane, Australia
    November 13, 2012
    Queensland Premiere
  • Mata-Dero Madrid
    Madrid, Spain
    December 28, 2012
  • Byron Bay International Film Festival
    Byron Bay, Australia
    March 4, 2013
  • Stranger with my Face Film Festival
    Hobart, Australia
    March 8, 2012
    Tasmanian Premiere
  • Imagine - Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival
    Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    April 10, 2013
    Netherlands Premiere
  • Indian Film Festival of Melbourne
    Melbourne, Australia
    May 6, 2013
  • NIFFF Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival
    Neuchatel, Switzerland
    July 5, 2013
    Swiss Premiere
  • Channel 8 Hot Ynet
    Israel National Broadcast
    August 28, 2013
    Middle East Premiere
  • MOTELx Festival Internacional De Cinema De Terror De Lisboa
    Lisboa, Portugal
    September 14, 2013
    Portugeuse Premiere
  • The Blue Mountains Film Festival & Yowie Awards
    Blue Mountains, Australia
    October 6, 2013
  • Chicago International Film Festival
    Chicago, USA
    October 17, 2013
    USA Premiere
  • Saffron Cinema Indian Film Club
    London, England
    December 5, 2013
  • YLE
    Finland National Broadcast
    December 12, 2013
    Finnish Premiere
  • MIFF Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short and Animation Films
    Mumbai, India
    February 8, 2014
    Indian Premiere
  • DCIFF - DC Independent Film Festival 2014
    Washington DC, USA
    February 20, 2014
    East Coast Premiere
  • MSPIFF - Minneapolis & St Paul International Film Festival
    Minneapolis, USA
    April 6, 2014
    Mid West Premiere
  • Chennai Woman’s International Film Festival
    Chennai
    India
    May 5, 2014
  • Imagine India Film Festival
    Madrid
    Spain
    June 5, 2014
  • Her Point of View Film Festival
    Nashville
    United States
    October 30, 2014
  • Downtown Film Festival Los Angeles
    Los Angeles
    United States
    March 30, 2014
    WINNER “Best Director for Documentary”
  • Bolgatty International Film Festival
    Kerala
    India
    August 30, 2014
  • Skyline Indie Film Festival
    Virginia
    United States
    January 30, 2014
  • Arizona Underground Film Festival
    Arizona
    United States
    August 30, 2014
  • LA Femme Film Festival
    Los Angeles
    United States
    October 8, 2014
    WINNER “Best Documentary”
  • F21
    Oslo
    Norway
    November 15, 2014
  • Mumbai Women’s International Film Festival
    Mumbai
    India
    December 12, 2014
  • IMA International Film Festival
    Kerala
    India
    December 10, 2014
  • Atlanta Docufest
    Atlanta
    United States
    December 6, 2014
  • Women’s Director International Film Festival
    New Delhi
    India
    March 13, 2015
  • Sandvika Film Festival
    Sandvika
    Norway
    April 26, 2015
  • Pittsburgh Documentary Salon
    Pittsburgh
    United States
    April 20, 2014
  • Texas Frightmare Weekend
    Texas
    United States
    May 13, 2015
  • Moscow International Documentary Film Festival
    Moscow
    Russian Federation
    June 14, 2015
Distribution Information
  • Brink Vision
    Distributor
    Country: United States
    Rights: All Rights
  • Cat and Docs
    Sales Agent
    Country: Worldwide
    Rights: All Rights
Director - Penny Vozniak