Imagina / Zodiac Killer Project / USA, United Kingdom 2025
Few hold such fascination for mystery aficionados as the elusive murderer known as the Zodiac. When British director Charlie Shackleton failed to secure the rights to a book written by a former traffic policeman convinced of the killer’s identity, he decided to make a film about a film that never got made. This experimental work is both a multilayered and entertaining documentary, which deviates from the true crime genre for the very way in which it rejects self-centered respectability. This clever and playful piece, whose generous voice-over leaves even more to the imagination, was awarded at this year’s Sundance festival. A true crime phenomenon like no other.
Viktor Palák
92 min / Color, DCP
Director Charlie Shackleton
/ Dir. of Photography Xenia Patricia
/ Music Jeremy Warmsley
/ Sound Charlie Shackleton
/ Editor Charlie Shackleton
/ Producer Charlie Shackleton, Catherine Bray, Anthony Ing
/ Production Loop
/ Sales Cinetic Media
Charlie Shackleton (1991, Great Britain). Selected filmography: Beyond Clueless (2014), Fear Itself (2015), The Afterlight (2021), Zodiac Killer Project (2025).
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