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Science Fair

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."

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Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster

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Box Office

$276,195

Production

Muck Media,Fusion Media Group,National Geographic,National Geographic Documentary Films

Awards

15 wins & 9 nominations

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https://films.nationalgeographic.com/science-fair

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MARTINA: In that picture,
you can see Ivo with his
grandfather and - Science Fair

MARTINA: In that picture, you can see Ivo with his grandfath...

And there you can
see how excited he was
already as a young boy - Science Fair

And there you can see how excited he was already as a young ...

ANSGAR: It's a lot of
fun having a gifted child. - Science Fair

ANSGAR: It's a lot of fun having a gifted child.

I was always a
little bit interested
in uncommon designs. - Science Fair

I was always a little bit interested in uncommon designs.

The special concept of
the flying wing was
developed in the '20s and '30s - Science Fair

The special concept of the flying wing was developed in the ...

But Ivo really rethought
the whole concept. - Science Fair

But Ivo really rethought the whole concept.

OSTERTAG: He had this very
unconventional idea and
not everyone understood it. - Science Fair

OSTERTAG: He had this very unconventional idea and not every...

So we had a lot of
discussions, argument a little
bit out of the formulas and - Science Fair

So we had a lot of discussions, argument a little bit out of...

BASZIO: I think that young
people have a very special
view on all problems. - Science Fair

BASZIO: I think that young people have a very special view o...

We picked up a concept that
is almost 100 years old and
really re-engineered things, - Science Fair

We picked up a concept that is almost 100 years old and real...

IVO: It was my first time
ever to attend a science fair. - Science Fair

IVO: It was my first time ever to attend a science fair.

BASZIO: It is very hard
to qualify for ISEF
as a German student. - Science Fair

BASZIO: It is very hard to qualify for ISEF as a German stud...

We have 12,000
participants every year
and you need to be a - Science Fair

We have 12,000 participants every year and you need to be a

(speaking in native language) - Science Fair

(speaking in native language)

IVO: When I won
the national contest, - Science Fair

IVO: When I won the national contest,

This thing was
256 megs of RAM. - Science Fair

This thing was 256 megs of RAM.

We take something like
this home and we'd open it
up and see what's inside, - Science Fair

We take something like this home and we'd open it up an...

But we were able to use it
in, like, clusters and stuff,
so it was, it was, it was fun. - Science Fair

But we were able to use it in, like, clusters and stuff, so ...

RONNIE: I didn't know he
got them, because if I'd
have seen him get them, - Science Fair

RONNIE: I didn't know he got them, because if I'd ...

-Robbie Barrat, I had him as
a freshman, um, and sophomore. - Science Fair

-Robbie Barrat, I had him as a freshman, um, and sophomore.

The first year he was
in algebra II honors,
and the second year - Science Fair

The first year he was in algebra II honors, and the second y...

He asked me once, "Hey,
Mrs. Myers, what do you
think about number theory?" - Science Fair

He asked me once, "Hey, Mrs. Myers, what do you think a...

How about we do
today's lesson?" - Science Fair

How about we do today's lesson?"

He just really wasn't
that interested in
getting schoolwork done. - Science Fair

He just really wasn't that interested in getting school...

He had other projects that
he was working on that
he was more interested in. - Science Fair

He had other projects that he was working on that he was mor...

MYERS: He was interested
in things like taking apart
a graphing calculator. - Science Fair

MYERS: He was interested in things like taking apart a graph...

ANNE: He programmed his
calculator to generate,
uh, Shakespearean insults. - Science Fair

ANNE: He programmed his calculator to generate, uh, Shakespe...

-And, uh, every time
you would, you would
punch a button, - Science Fair

-And, uh, every time you would, you would punch a button,

ANNE: Oh, oh, well,
I remember one that
was, um, something like, - Science Fair

ANNE: Oh, oh, well, I remember one that was, um, something l...

I thought it was hilarious.
I thought it was ingenious. - Science Fair

I thought it was hilarious. I thought it was ingenious.

Because when I was their
age, we were fighting and
drinking, and wrecking cars, - Science Fair

Because when I was their age, we were fighting and drinking,...

ROBBIE: Okay, yeah,
so this is, this is one
of the calculators that - Science Fair

ROBBIE: Okay, yeah, so this is, this is one of the calculato...

I got this one to, like,
broadcast, like, 16-bit
music to FM radios. - Science Fair

I got this one to, like, broadcast, like, 16-bit music to FM...

If I were a math teacher,
I'd be, like, you know,
that'd be, that'd be cool. - Science Fair

If I were a math teacher, I'd be, like, you know, that&...

I'd congratulate the
kid, say you're, you're
doing, doing good things. - Science Fair

I'd congratulate the kid, say you're, you're ...

I'm not very good at doing,
like, very structured, like,
you know, math class like, - Science Fair

I'm not very good at doing, like, very structured, like...

But, uh, science fair is
truly different than, than
normal schoolwork because - Science Fair

But, uh, science fair is truly different than, than normal s...

I'm really interested in
machine creativity, which is,
like, can a machine, like, - Science Fair

I'm really interested in machine creativity, which is, ...

So basically, I taught
a neural network how to
write raps and rhyme them like - Science Fair

So basically, I taught a neural network how to write raps an...

ROBBIE: So it just
basically looks through
Kanye West's lyrics, like, - Science Fair

ROBBIE: So it just basically looks through Kanye West's...

The neural networks, like,
effectively learn, like, how
Kanye, like, flows and rhymes. - Science Fair

The neural networks, like, effectively learn, like, how Kany...

ROBBIE: A lot of the time, - Science Fair

ROBBIE: A lot of the time,

ROBBIE: Yes, it's pretty,
I mean, it learned
after Kanye, you know, - Science Fair

ROBBIE: Yes, it's pretty, I mean, it learned after Kany...

♪ It's my first pair of shoes. ♪ - Science Fair

♪ It's my first pair of shoes. ♪

But the problem with them is
that you can't tell what's
going on inside of them. - Science Fair

But the problem with them is that you can't tell what&#...

There's no way to see,
like, you know, what's the
neural network thinking? - Science Fair

There's no way to see, like, you know, what's the ...

If you're trying to
make something like
a self-driving car, - Science Fair

If you're trying to make something like a self-driving ...

So, yeah, I mean, like,
that's the goal of
my project, just, like, - Science Fair

So, yeah, I mean, like, that's the goal of my project, ...

(speaking in native language) - Science Fair

(speaking in native language)

But they're betting
and I'm not going
to put my money there. - Science Fair

But they're betting and I'm not going to put my mo...

She's only a month old.
She's very young. - Science Fair

She's only a month old. She's very young.

It has approximately
14,000 to 15,000 people. - Science Fair

It has approximately 14,000 to 15,000 people.

MARIA: First of all, I
believe in God, because we
must put God in first place. - Science Fair

MARIA: First of all, I believe in God, because we must put G...

Here where I live, I met two
people who were diagnosed - Science Fair

Here where I live, I met two people who were diagnosed

We weren't prepared,
we didn't have tests, - Science Fair

We weren't prepared, we didn't have tests,

SOUSA: The problem is very
serious because we have
many, many children with - Science Fair

SOUSA: The problem is very serious because we have many, man...

Every child that is born with
microcephaly represents a
burden for the health system - Science Fair

Every child that is born with microcephaly represents a burd...

MYELLA: And it was then
that I decided to work to
try to find a solution to - Science Fair

MYELLA: And it was then that I decided to work to try to fin...

-Just a clap.
-Take one. - Science Fair

-Just a clap. -Take one.

MYELLA: You explain what
Zika is, and I explain how
we work with this disease. - Science Fair

MYELLA: You explain what Zika is, and I explain how we work ...

Zika virus is a
disease which is
transmitted by Aedes aegypti, - Science Fair

Zika virus is a disease which is transmitted by Aedes aegypt...

(speaking in native language). - Science Fair

(speaking in native language).

MYELLA: The mosquito will
bite you and release some
proteins into the human body - Science Fair

MYELLA: The mosquito will bite you and release some proteins...

We were able to develop
a new medication which
can inhibit this protein and - Science Fair

We were able to develop a new medication which can inhibit t...

At the beginning of the
research, many people said we
wouldn't be able to do it. - Science Fair

At the beginning of the research, many people said we wouldn...

There were people who
looked at our work and said, - Science Fair

There were people who looked at our work and said,

MRS. DIOGENES: Teachers here
aren't well-paid, so students
don't have much support. - Science Fair

MRS. DIOGENES: Teachers here aren't well-paid, so stude...

MR. DIOGENES: Most of
our students are like a
plant inside an apartment. - Science Fair

MR. DIOGENES: Most of our students are like a plant inside a...

MRS. DIOGENES: What Gabriel
and Myllena have achieved,
for our region, - Science Fair

MRS. DIOGENES: What Gabriel and Myllena have achieved, for o...

GABRIEL: When they announced
the projects selected to go to
ISEF everybody got quiet. - Science Fair

GABRIEL: When they announced the projects selected to go to ...

Then, they
called the fourth one,
they called the fifth one, - Science Fair

Then, they called the fourth one, they called the fifth one,

GABRIEL: We were
very concerned, - Science Fair

GABRIEL: We were very concerned,

Is it possible that I won't
be able to fulfill my dream?" - Science Fair

Is it possible that I won't be able to fulfill my dream...

WOMAN (over PA): Use of
the Hamiltonian calculation
for the modeling and - Science Fair

WOMAN (over PA): Use of the Hamiltonian calculation for the ...

MYELLA: When they
called us, when they
said the name of our work, - Science Fair

MYELLA: When they called us, when they said the name of our ...

I did it and I
will be in ISEF 2017. - Science Fair

I did it and I will be in ISEF 2017.

It's a lot of emotion,
it's a dream. It's a dream,
a dream. - Science Fair

It's a lot of emotion, it's a dream. It's a d...

I came out, picked up
my phone, and I called
my mother. Right, mom? - Science Fair

I came out, picked up my phone, and I called my mother. Righ...

MCCALLA: You, you have to be
cognizant, there's so little
time for them to process that - Science Fair

MCCALLA: You, you have to be cognizant, there's so litt...

Anything you do that makes it confusing makes it confusing - Science Fair

Anything you do that makes it confusing makes it confusing

-I'm gonna be so proud
when one of my kids win a
Nobel Prize because they will, - Science Fair

-I'm gonna be so proud when one of my kids win a Nobel ...

Why can't you explain why
understanding the chromatic
number's important instead of - Science Fair

Why can't you explain why understanding the chromatic n...

Sometimes she works even
harder than her students. - Science Fair

Sometimes she works even harder than her students.

DORIS: She is strict,
she can be scary, but, um,
I actually like her style. - Science Fair

DORIS: She is strict, she can be scary, but, um, I actually ...

It reminds me of my, my life
in China because the teachers
are usually really strict. - Science Fair

It reminds me of my, my life in China because the teachers a...

-We're printing our board for
the competition on Sunday and
Monday and most of them are - Science Fair

-We're printing our board for the competition on Sunday...

DORIS: When she hears
something she's not pleasant
with, she does like, - Science Fair

DORIS: When she hears something she's not pleasant with...

No. I can't. - Science Fair

If I back down and I wasn't
so aggressive and I probably
wasn't forcing them to stay - Science Fair

If I back down and I wasn't so aggressive and I probabl...

DORIS: Our class we have
12 kids, almost 100% Asian. - Science Fair

DORIS: Our class we have 12 kids, almost 100% Asian.

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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."

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Director: Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster

Writer: Cristina Costantini, Darren Foster, Jeff Plunkett

Production: Muck Media,Fusion Media Group,National Geographic,National Geographic Documentary Films

Genre: documentary

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 79/100

ImdbRating: 7.6

BoxOffice: $276,195

Released: 19 Oct 2018

Awards: 15 wins & 9 nominations

Homepage: https://films.nationalgeographic.com/science-fair