Having tried and failed to make a true crime documentary, filmmaker Charlie Shackleton tells the story of what might have been. In this wholly original, self-aware cinematic work, the true crime boom is put under the microscope as filmmaker Charlie Shackleton tells the story of his abandoned documentary about the infamous Zodiac Killer, describing beat-by-beat how he imagined it playing out. Over vacant Bay Area landscapes, stylised re-enactments and clips from recent true crime hits, his wry voiceover conjures the unrealised project in real time, offering an object lesson in creative frustration—and a hilarious critique of a genre at saturation point.

Screening followed by an in-person Q&A with the film’s director, Charlie Shackleton.

Reviews

‘A true-crime flop turned documentary masterpiece… a sharp, hilarious, self-aware, and acutely insightful work of both celebration and critique’
The Daily Beast