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Charlie Shackleton is a London-based filmmaker and film critic. His new film, Zodiac Killer Project, premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, where it won the NEXT Innovator Award, and is <a href="https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/zodiac-killer-project" target="_blank" rel="noopener">out now</a> on digital. His other recent projects include This Land, a radio documentary produced with Eleanor McDowall for Radio 4, and the short films Camera Test (King Cadbury) and Lateral. His previous work as a filmmaker includes the features <a href="http://charlielyne.com/beyondclueless">Beyond Clueless</a> (2014) and <a href="http://charlielyne.com/fearitself">Fear Itself</a> (2015), the shorts <a href="http://charlielyne.com/copycat">Copycat</a> (2015), <a href="http://charlielyne.com/blackout">Blackout</a> (2016) and <a href="http://charlielyne.com/fishstory">Fish Story</a> (2017), and the 10-hour protest film <a href="http://charlielyne.com/paintdrying">Paint Drying</a> (2016). Visit his <a href="https://charlie.film/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">personal website</a> for more info. (Photograph by <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charlie_Shackleton.jpg" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mia Mullarkey</a>.)

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