Joey Skaggs: Stop BioPEEP

In 1997, BioPEEP (Biological Protocol for Enhanced Economic Production), a top-secret corporate research protocol designed to genetically alter and irreversibly addict human beings to everyday products, is appropriated by the U.S. government to create a new weapon allowing for targeted “gene-ocide,” with the eradication of specific populations through their use of consumer goods. That is until, in 1998, the plan is foiled by Joseph Howard (a.k.a. Joey Skaggs), a corporate whistleblower. When he leaks the information, international protests against genetic research-gone-rogue are held in Australia and the U.S., bringing attention to the plot and causing alarm in… Slovenia.

AWARDS & COMMENDATIONS

Winner: Best Web/TV Series, Munich New Wave Short Film Festival 2025
Winner: Best Documentary/News Story 16 to 20 Minutes, NewsFest 2024
Winner: Best Editing, Factual, NZ WebFest 2024
Nominated: Best Directing, Factual, NZ WebFest 2024
Nominated: Best Cinematography, Factual, NZ WebFest 2024
Honorable Mention: LA Underground Film Forum 2024
Semi-Finalist: FilmHaus Film Festival (Berlin), 2025
Semi-Finalist: Lonely Wolf Film Festival (London), 2025