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Zodiac Killer Project

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Synopsis

Against the backdrop of sunbaked parking lots, deserted courthouses, and empty suburban homes — the familiar spaces of true crime, stripped of all action and spectacle — a filmmaker describes his abandoned Zodiac Killer documentary and probes the inner workings of a genre at saturation point.
The true crime genre’s ubiquity is driven by people’s endless fascination, disgust, and — bizarrely — search for comfort in genre conventions that still have the ability to generate complex emotions despite their predictability and familiarity. Filmmaker and multimedia artist Charlie Shackleton’s projects have used his uniquely funny, intellectually engaging style to examine how popular culture, mass media, and storytelling create meaning. In this wholly original, self-aware cinematic work, Shackleton dissects the true crime genre by recreating it. Using Bay Area landscapes, archival material, reenactments, film and TV clips, and voice-over to walk the viewer through what his film would have been like and why, Zodiac Killer Project is a captivating and entertaining experience that will forever change how you watch your next murder program.
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2025 - World premiere
Official Selection True/False Film Fest 2025
Official Selection SXSW Film & TV Festival 2025 - Best of the Fests
Official Selection First Look New York 2025

Details

Year
2025
Type of film
Features
Running Time
92 min
Director
Charlie Shackleton
Producer
Catherine Bray, Anthony Ing, Charlie Shackleton
Executive Producer
Charlotte Cook
Editor
Charlie Shackleton
Director of Photography
Xenia Patricia
Music
Jeremy Warmsley
Colourist
Jason R Moffat

Production status

Complete

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Last updated 10th March 2025

Production Company

Loop
Charlie Shackleton
415 Pill Box
London
E2 6GG
charlie@loop.film

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Company

Cinetic Media
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