One of the largest film festivals in Russia and a large cultural event that acquaints citizens with high-profile documentary films about current events from the world of music, contemporary art, media, street culture, sports and new technologies. The mission of the festival is to form a cultural agenda for the residents of Moscow and beyond and to open to the public a documentary film as a new genre of pastime.
The Beat Film Festival was founded by Kirill Sorokin and Alyona Bocharova in 2010 and is held annually in late May - early June in Moscow.