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Darren Foster directed and produced “Science Fair,” his first feature documentary. He’s earned a Peabody and duPont Award and several Emmy Nominations as a TV producer and journalist. Darren co-founded Muck Media, a production company based in Los Angeles and Lisbon. His high school science fair project proved Venus Fly Traps (Dionaea muscipula) like hamburgers. (National Geographic)
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Cristina Costantini directed and produced “Science Fair,” her first feature documentary. She won a duPont Award and has been nominated for two Emmy’s as a TV producer and journalist. She attended Yale University and her work has appeared on ABC News, Univision, Fusion and The Huffington Post. As a freshman in high school Cristina placed fourth in her category at the international science fair -- it's all been downhill from there. (National Geographic)
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Nine high school students from disparate corners of the globe navigate rivalries, setbacks, and hormones on their quest to the international science fair. Facing off against 1700 of the world's best and brightest, only one will be named Best in Fair. (National Geographic)
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Kashfia, one of the only Muslim girls at a massive high school in South Dakota, who finds an unlikely kinship with her school’s head football coach who ends up being the only teacher who will sponsor her project. Nine high school students from disparate corners of the globe navigate rivalries, setbacks, and hormones on their quest to the international science fair. Facing off against 1700 of the world's best and brightest, only one will be named Best in Fair. (National Geographic)
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On the banks of the Rhine River, we meet Ivo, a brilliant and endearingly awkward young German looking to turn his childhood obsession into science fair gold. Ivo unearthed a century-old single wing design that was poorly rated by modern aeronautics engineers. By questioning accepted beliefs in the field, Ivo redesigned the aircraft to make it more stable and more efficient. His project wowed the judges at the German National Fair and qualified him for ISEF, which will be his first international competition and his first trip to the United States. Nine high school students from disparate corners of the globe navigate rivalries, setbacks, and hormones on their quest to the international science fair. Facing off against 1700 of the world's best and brightest, only one will be named Best in Fair. (National Geographic)
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For their senior year at Kentucky’s top science and engineering high school, Ryan, Harsha & Abraham have gone full Voltron, combining their considerable talents to build one science fair super project. They’ve built an electronic 3D-printed stethoscope that automatically connects to an online database of heart sounds, allowing doctors to diagnose heart abnormalities far more accurately. The boys hope their stethoscope program will be useful in the developing world, where medics are understaffed and under resourced. Nine high school students from disparate corners of the globe navigate rivalries, setbacks, and hormones on their quest to the international science fair. Facing off against 1700 of the world's best and brightest, only one will be named Best in Fair. (National Geographic)
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Myllena and Gabriel are best friends and research partners from Ceará, one of the poorest states in Brazil. When the deadly Zika virus invaded their hometown, this dynamic duo headed for the laboratory, ultimately identifying a protein that can inhibit Zika’s spread. They see the possibility of winning the international science fair as a means to escape poverty and to elevate their groundbreaking research. Nine high school students from disparate corners of the globe navigate rivalries, setbacks, and hormones on their quest to the international science fair. Facing off against 1700 of the world's best and brightest, only one will be named Best in Fair. (National Geographic)
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Anjali is a child prodigy who attends the same powerhouse Louisville high school as Ryan, Harsha & Abraham. As a 13-year-old freshman, she scored a perfect 36 on the ACT. Now, as a sophomore, she’s built an arsenic testing device that could save millions of lives. Whip smart, ultra competitive and uber-confident, Anjali must deal with an early setback at a qualifying fair and her helicopter parents on her road to the ISEF. Nine high school students from disparate corners of the globe navigate rivalries, setbacks, and hormones on their quest to win the international science fair. Only one can be named "Best in Fair." (National Geographic)
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