Martín Kalina was born in Buenos Aires in 1981. He studied cinema at the Fundación Universidad del Cine, where he co-directed the feature film A PROPÓSITO DE BUENOS AIRES (2006) with Matias Piñeiro and Manuel Ferrari among others. In 2012 Martín wrote, produced and directed his first short film out of college LOS PÁLIDOS (Concorso internazionale Pardi di Domani at Locarno Film Festival 2013).