Here Are the Nominees for the First-Ever Drone Film Festival
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When they’re not involved in booze-induced national security kerfuffles, drones can be pretty great for filming majestic aerial footage.
This is something that the first annual New York City Drone Film Festival plans to highlight this March, when it will showcase the work of the world’s fledgling drone cinematographer community. On Wednesday, it announced all 35 finalists for the competition, which includes categories that range from Dronie to X-Factor. In the spirit of improving drones’ increasingly unpopular image, we’ve collected all the ones we could find online.
ARCHITECTURE
Tiny Boston
Federico Creatini
Tiny Boston from Above Summit on Vimeo.
Mont Saint-Michel, France
Mike Gisselere
Le Mont St Michel en Drone / France TV Sport / Tour de France 2013 from FREEWAY PROD on Vimeo.
Graffiti City
Isabelle Vallee
Graffiti City from Social Web Studio on Vimeo.
The Fallout
Jeffrey Brink
The Fallout from AeroCine on Vimeo.
NARRATIVE
Our Drone Future
Alex Cornell
Our Drone Future from Alex Cornell on Vimeo.
Superman With a GoPro
Corridor Digital
Himalayan Aerials
Jonathan Miller
DRONIE
Columbia River Gorge
Dirk Dallas
Columbia River Gorge Dronie from Dirk Dallas on Vimeo.
Spooning in the Spoon
Michael Welsh
Mt. Bromo
Laudrick Samuel Parulian
Mt. Bromo Dronie from odik on Vimeo.
Poursuite
Capitaine Citron
poursuite (dronie) from capitaine citron on Vimeo.
FPV/PROXIMITY/TECHNICAL FLYING
FPV - Balinese
Justin Welander
FPV - balinese from juz on Vimeo.
Opening Sequence for a Feature Film
Ben Tewaag
PHX 1Shot Bridge Sequence from PHX Pictures GmbH on Vimeo.
Soothing Madness
Carlos Puertolas
Soothing Madness - FPV from CHARPU on Vimeo.
MMMMMMM/Santa Monica Airlines
Robert McIntosh
Santa Monica Airlines from Robert McIntosh on Vimeo.
TRAVEL/LANDSCAPE
Cathedral Cove, Coromandel, New Zealand
Brendon Dixon
Coromandel GoPro Aerials Brendon Dixon 2014 #DJIcreator from Brendon Dixon on Vimeo.
Above and Below Galapagos
Michael Kugler
Above & Below Galápagos - Trailer from Behind the Mask on Vimeo.
Koh Yao Noi
Philip Bloom
GoPro: Koh Yao Noi - a film by Philip Bloom in 2.7K from GoPro on Vimeo.
SHOWREEL
Effektfabriken Aerials
Per Von Koch
Effektfabriken - Aerials from Effektfabriken on Vimeo.
Cinedrones Are Awesome
Daniell Ashby
CINEDRONES ARE AWESOME from ANTIMEDIA on Vimeo.
Skynamic Reel
Julian Glockner
Skynamic Showreel 2014 (Close Range Aerial Filming) from skynamic.net on Vimeo.
X-FACTOR
Pipeline Winter
Eric Sterman
Pipeline Winter 2013 from Eric Sterman on Vimeo.
DJI Phantom Flies Into Volcano
Shaun O’Callaghan
The Ridge
Danny Macaskill Cut Media Stu Thomson
Mexico City International Airport From Above
Tarsicio Sanudo
I Won’t Let You Down
OK GO
The New York City Drone Film Festival will be held on Saturday, March 7, at the Directors Guild of America Theater. To see the full list of nominations, check out the festival’s website.
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