How long does it take for neighbours to respond to beating sounds?

This is a real social experiment. No part of it has been staged.

Beat. explores the ominous silence surrounding domestic violence. The video is a prompt to societies that react to any loud noise, as long as it is not caused by a domestic dispute or abuse.

Concept by MAKSIM STOIMENOV

Directed by EDDY SCHWARTZ

Cinematography by DIMITAR NEDELCHEV

Script supervision by YANA BUHRER TAVANIER / FINE ACTS

Sound by SVETOZAR SHENKOV & ROSSEN PAVLOV, AUDIOGENETIK

Gaffer NIKOLA LILOVSKI

Edited by EDDY SCHWARTZ & VLADY GERASIMOV

Color Grading by BORIS TIVCHEV

Produced by FINE ACTS / ANA ALEXIEVA & YANA BUHRER TAVANIER

Co-produced by HANDPLAYED PRODUCTIONS / ANGEL IVANOV

Featuring MAKSIM STOIMENOV

With the financial support of BULGARIAN FUND FOR WOMEN

Additional support by Tribal Worldwide Sofia

Special thanks

PERUNA KEREMIDCHIEVA

PAVEL KOUNCHEV

DEMETRY VASILEV & 24P CAMERA RENTAL CLUB

KIRIL YONCHEV

GEORGI NIKOLOV

DIMITAR NEDELCHEV

THE VIEW RESTAURANT SOFIA

NADEJDA DERMENDJIEVA