CITIZEN SCIENCE REVOLUTION
Can a low cost sensor change the reality of a city? And dozens of them? In the spring of 2016, different groups of citizens in Barcelona, Pristina and Amsterdam concerned about noise pollution, air quality and gamma radiation in their neighborhoods begin to collect data with low cost sensors to measure the scope of their problems and try to Look for solutions. At first, governments do not recognize the data as valid because they do not come from official sensors. But the revolution of citizen science is unstoppable.
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MARTIN ANDRES BALESTRINIDirector
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MARTIN ANDRES BALESTRINIWriter
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Martin Andrés BalestriniProducer
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Project Type:Documentary
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Runtime:1 hour 2 minutes
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Completion Date:April 15, 2018
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Production Budget:25,000 EUR
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Country of Origin:Spain
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Country of Filming:Kosovo, Netherlands, Spain
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Language:Albanian, Catalan, Dutch, English, Spanish
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Shooting Format:FULL HD 1920X1080
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Aspect Ratio:16:09
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
Martín Andrés Balestrini was born in Argentina, now resides in Barcelona, Spain.
He works in audiovisual production, editing and post-production since 2001, after he finished theirs studies on Film direction (University of Cinema in Buenos Aires.)
During his stay in México, he worked 3 years in the production and editing for the public television making a weekly TV program.The most relevant of this time, was the production and editing of more than 50 documentary reports on the professions of people.
In synch with audiovisual production,he taught cinema and audiovisuals (documentary, fiction,editing and postproduction) for 5 years in two universities.
In 2016 he finished his first feature documentary, entitled Primitive Heart, discovering connections between deaf-blindness and the development of consciousness.
He is currently working as an audiovisual producer on a European project on environmental sensors and citizen participation;the final product is a documentary that connects the Making Sense project in the context of environmental conflicts: Acoustic pollution, air and water quality in Barcelona, Amsterdam And Kosovo.