CPH:DOX 2025 - Zodiac Killer Project

In the 1960s and 70s, The Zodiac Killer spread fear in San Francisco with a string of unsolved murders and a series of cryptic messages to police and newspapers written in code. In other words, perfect material for a classic true crime film like David Fincher's thriller ‘Zodiac’ - and that is what Charlie Shackleton had first planned to make. But things didn't quite go as planned. For reasons best explained by Shackleton himself with irresistible self-deprecating humour, the original project ended up as a deconstruction of the true crime genre itself. The result is both wildly entertaining and deeply intelligent.