Abattoir

A reporter unearths an urban legend about a home being constructed from rooms where horrific tragedies have occurred.

Marc works in a slaughterhouse. All day long, he operates a bandsaw. One day an accident occurs: the band breaks, slicing off Marc's left hand. Contrary to his wife's advice, Marc brings the dismembered hand back home.

The series tells the story of a young teacher, Martins, who has seemed to be reliving his troubled past. Martins, who lost his mother to his brutal cultist of a Father, still had these bad memories hovering over him. The film started with the younger Martin witnessing an argument between his mother and their help. Not too long, his mother was murdered in cold blood. Martins, however, discovered that his father had something to do with the death of his mother. He lived with the pain of his mother’s murder and hatred of having a murderous father. The series features acts like Kayode Owojori, Damilola Mike-Bamiloye, Moses Korede-Are, Kayode Babalola, Goodness Adegbola and others. The series was written, directed and produced by Damilola Mike Bamiloye.

A short film to accompany the reissue of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (originally released in 2004). The result is a determinedly human portrait of the unique body of work produced by the band over the last 25 years, told through those who have lived and loved the music, including close collaborators.

1. Hiding All Away 2. Messiah Ward 3. Easy Money 4. Supernaturally 5. The Lyre of Orpheus 6. Babe, You Turn Me On 7. Nature Boy 8. Get Ready for Love 9. Carry Me 10. There She Goes, My Beautiful World 11. God Is in the House 12. Red Right Hand 13. The Ship Song 14. Stagger Lee 15. Wonderful Life 16. Nobody's Baby Now 17. Bring It On 18. Sad Waters 19. Watching Alice 20. Christina the Astonishing 21. Wild World

Sheep pass through a gate and enter a courtyard; a man counts them in passing.

Abattoirs is shot in black and white and has a very sparse soundtrack. Its takes are stark there is hardly a camera movement sometimes photographs are filmed. Furthermore, almost unique in the history of film the film has square pictures which add to its intensity. (miff.com.au)

This observational film, marked by subtle shifts in color, shows ever-present children watching on as standard food preparation activities and the not-so-organized production of meat products are carried out in the village.

[Pavilon De Paris (Les Abattoirs), Paris France June 5th 1976] Jointrip Slate Interview Opening Honky Tonk Women If You Can not Rock Me Get Off of My Cloud Hand Of Fate Hey Negrita Ain't Too Proud To Beg Fool To Cry Hot Stuff Angie Star Star You Gotta Move You Can not Always Get What You Want [BLACK AND BLUE Promo Clips 1976] Fool To Cry (Diff Vocal) Hot Stuff (True Stereo Mix) Crazy Mama (True Stereo Mix) Hey Negrita (True Stereo Mix) Street Fighting Man (Spanish TV Upgrade vers. / June 6th Paris)

A survey of the interior of an empty slaughterhouse.

The story of a man controlling his demons, trying to imagine a better life outside of the only town he has ever called home.

A found footage style film from a mass psychogenic illness causing the victims to act erratically in their final moments.”In memorial of the events December 5th 2003”

Billy Pilgrim, a veteran of the Second World War, finds himself mysteriously detached from time, so that he is able to travel, without being able to help it, from the days of his childhood to those of his peculiar life on a distant planet called Tralfamadore, passing through his bitter experience as a prisoner of war in the German city of Dresden, over which looms the inevitable shadow of an unspeakable tragedy.

Faced with the town lawyer, the sheriff, and a rival slaughterhouse owner trying to purchase his land, Lester Bacon decides to take matters into his own hands, ordering his hulking and mentally deranged son to permanently dispose of anyone who conspires against them.