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