- Country: Canada
- Genres: Action, Fantasy, Short
- Release: 2000-10-07
- Director: Guy Maddin
- Writers: Guy Maddin
- Language: None
- Stars: Leslie Bais , Caelum Vatnsdal , Shaun Balbar , Greg Klymkiw , Tammy Gillis , Carson Nattrass
- Runtime: 6 min
- Awards: 7 wins
- AKA: Сердце мира (Russian Federation) , The Heart of the World , Serce swiata (Poland) , Η καρδιά του κόσμου (Greece) , The Heart of the World (Canada) , O Coração do Mundo (Brazil)
- Plot: Nikolai, a mortician, and Osip, an actor playing Christ in a play, are brothers in love with the same woman. Anna, a state scientist and said woman, is in love with both brothers and studies the Earth's core, the very heart of the world. She discovers that the world is dying of heart failure and only has one more day remaining. Meanwhile, Akmatov, a bloated, capitalist bureaucrat lusts after Anna and tries to make her fall into her bed.
- IMDB:tt0260948
The Heart of the World Cast · · · ALL
Guy Maddin
Director
Leslie Bais
Anna
Greg Klymkiw
Akmatov
Tammy Gillis
Mary Magdalene (uncredited)
Carson Nattrass
Centurion (uncredited)