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ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT

Year 2025
Runtime 92 mins
Language English
Canadian Premiere
Showtimes
Sep 18
6:00 PM Contemporary Calgary Auditorium
Sep 25
9:45 PM Chinook 12

CIFF DAY ONE: Tickets to September 18 screenings include access to the CIFF DAY ONE AFTERPARTY. Details released on August 27.

Encore screening is not a Spotlight+ screening (does not include afterparty access) and is GA/Pass eligible. Single tickets are priced as a regular screening. 

Winner of the NEXT Innovator Award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, ZODIAC KILLER PROJECT is a film about a documentary that was never made. What begins as an exploration of one man’s obsession with catching the Zodiac Killer quickly transforms into a bold, anti-true crime investigation into our cultural fixation with the genre.

Set against sun-drenched landscapes, empty hallways, and abandoned homes, Charlie Shackleton takes us through the film his team never completed, weaving a speculative narrative that engages our imaginations with irreverent humour and razor-sharp precision. A distinct and singular vision, this meta rollercoaster ride of a film is a richly layered examination of documentary ethics, implicating both filmmaker and audience.

Countries

United Kingdom
Awards
Winner, Next Innovator Award, Sundance Film Festival 2025
Festivals
CPH:DOX , Sundance Film Festival, SXSW Film & TV Festival
Director
Charlie Shackleton
Producer
Catherine Bray, Anthony Ing, Charlie Shackleton
Screenwriter
Charlie Shackleton
Cinematographer
Xenia Patricia
Editor
Charlie Shackleton
Music
Jeremy Warmsley
Cast
Charlie Shackleton, Guy Robbins, Lee Nicholas Harris