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Beeps

VIFF Short Forum

Canadian Premiere

Sam can’t sleep. His bedroom is surrounded on all sides by chirping smoke alarms, the sign of a low battery. So he does what any bleary-eyed problem solver would do: sets out on an odyssey to find the annoying beeps and in the process learns about himself, his neighbors, and his place in the world.

 

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Community Partner

Director
Featuring

Samuel Smith, Robert Vilalta

Credits
Country of Origin

USA

Year

2024

Language

In English and Spanish with English subtitles

Film Contact
Content Warning

Coarse language

PG

Open to youth!

15 min
Documentary LGBTQIA2S+ Shorts

Credits & Director

Executive Producer

Sam Smith, Robert Vilalta

Producer

Kirk Johnson

Cinematography

Nathan Smith

Editor

Jack Price, Kirk Johnson

Original Music

Robert Amjärv, Bennett Barbakow

Kirk Johnson headshot; Beeps director

Kirk Johnson

Kirk Johnson specializes in character-based documentaries that weave together true life, drama and comedy. He was a producer on The Amazing Johnathan Documentary (2019) which premiered and was acquired by Hulu at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. He also co-directed the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary series The American Gladiators Documentary (2023) which recently premiered on the ESPN Network worldwide.

 

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