A event held at The Cube on Monday 8th December. The event starts at 19:30.
WINNER — NEXT Innovator Award, 2025 Sundance Film Festival
‘There is no film like it’ — Jury head Elijah Wood
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.
The screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A with the director.
‘A true-crime flop turned documentary masterpiece... a sharp, hilarious, self-aware, and acutely insightful work of both celebration and critique’
THE DAILY BEAST
Doors open 30 minutes before advertised start time. All film screenings are ad-free and 18+ unless otherwise stated, and start with no more than a 10 min selection of trailers.
The Cube is a membership venue, please remember to bring your card. You can join on the door for £1.
Entry requirements: 18+
‘There is no film like it’ — Jury head Elijah Wood
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.
The screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A with the director.
‘A true-crime flop turned documentary masterpiece... a sharp, hilarious, self-aware, and acutely insightful work of both celebration and critique’
THE DAILY BEAST
Doors open 30 minutes before advertised start time. All film screenings are ad-free and 18+ unless otherwise stated, and start with no more than a 10 min selection of trailers.
The Cube is a membership venue, please remember to bring your card. You can join on the door for £1.
Entry requirements: 18+
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