Sundance ’25 — ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT | Directed by Charlie Shackleton

Synopsis

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.

Having tried and failed to make a documentary about the infamous Zodiac Killer, filmmaker Charlie Shackleton walks the viewer through what his film would have been like and why, using Bay Area landscapes, reenactments, film and TV clips, and voice-over.  In this wholly original, self-aware cinematic work, a filmmaker chews over what might have been and playfully probes the inner workings of a genre at saturation point.

 

Festival Screenings

World Premiere: Monday, January 27th at 5:30pm MT (Egyptian Theatre)

P&I Screening: Tuesday, January 28th at 1:00pm MT (Holiday Village 4)

Public Screening #2: Tuesday, January 28th at 8:10pm MT (Redstone Cinemas 2)

Public Screening #3: Thursday, January 30th at 10:00am MT (Holiday Village 1)

P&I Online Screening: Thursday, January 29th at 10:00am ET

(Available until Monday, February 3rd at 1:55am ET)

Public Screening #4: Friday, January 31st at 9:15pm MT

(Broadway Centre Cinemas 3, Salt Lake City)

 

Public Screening #5: Saturday, February 1st at 1:10pm MT (Redstone Cinemas 2)