NEW YORK CITY DRONE FILM FESTIVAL

New York City Drone Film Festival is the world’s first event exclusively dedicated to celebrating the art of drone cinematography.  The festival provides a platform for aerial filmmakers to showcase their work (shot anywhere in the world), emphasizing innovative flight technique, aesthetic beauty, and more.  Director, landscape photographer, and aerial cinematographer Randy Scott Slavin founded the festival in 2014 with a desire to change the perceptions of drones. "I'm tired of drones being synonymous with questionable legality and FAA regulation. I want to celebrate the art of aerial cinematography"

Submissions for the 2016 festival will open in August 2015

 

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NYCDFF 2015 WINNING FILMS

CORRIDOR DIGITAL/ TAYLOR CHIEN/ DRONEFLY

JEFFREY BRINK & BRIAN STREEM

BY PHILIP BLOOM

FLORIAN FISHER & MICHAEL KUGLER 

OK GO

ROBERT MCINTOSH

DRONE PILOT: DANIELL ASHBY

TARCISIO SAÑUDO

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Cannes, Schmannes. Here's a Drone Film Festival.

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Drones and everything after

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The first drone film festival

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DRONES ARE ABOUT TO CHANGE HOW DIRECTORS MAKE MOVIES

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Drone Film Festival Hopes to Capture a New, High-Flying Way of Filming

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Up in the Air: Announcing the New York City Drone Film Festival

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It Was Only a Matter of Time: Drones Get Their Own Film Festival

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NBC News Sponsors Drone Film Festival

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A film festival in New York positions drone-cinema as the rising star of cinematography

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New York City Drone Film Festival, An Upcoming Festival Devoted to UAV Cinematography

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Submit Your Work Now to the First-Ever Drone Film Festival in New York City

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I went to the First Drone Film Festival and there was a lot of Dubstep

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Film festival showcases the soaring power of drone cinematography

New York film festival honors drone photography

New York film festival honors drone photography

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Extreme, drone-shot footage on display in NYC

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A Conversation with the Director of the First-Ever Drone Film Festival

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Take Flight with These 25 Drone Films From the NYC Drone Film Fest

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New York City gets its first-ever drone film festival

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Inside the world's first drone film festival

How Drones Are Changing The Way We See Things

How Drones Are Changing The Way We See Things

THE JUDGES

Steve Carr  Director (Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Next Friday, Daddy Day Care)

Steve Carr 

Director (Paul Blart: Mall Cop, Next Friday, Daddy Day Care)

Eric Cheng Director of Aerial Imaging, DJI

Eric Cheng

Director of Aerial Imaging, DJI

Laura Kightlinger Writer & Actor

Laura Kightlinger

Writer & Actor

Roberto Serrini  Director & Aerial Cinematographer

Roberto Serrini 

Director & Aerial Cinematographer

Adam Savage Mythbuster & Drone Pilot  

Adam Savage

Mythbuster & Drone Pilot

 

Phil Allocco Film & Commercial Director

Phil Allocco

Film & Commercial Director

Pat Kiernan NY1 Anchor

Pat Kiernan

NY1 Anchor

Pablo Lema aka Bay Area Crasher Product Management, GoPro  

Pablo Lema aka Bay Area Crasher

Product Management, GoPro

 

Janelle Rodriguez NBC News

Janelle Rodriguez

NBC News

Ron Simons Three-Time Tony award- winning Producer

Ron Simons

Three-Time Tony award- winning Producer

Randy Scott Slavin Director & NYCDFF Founder

Randy Scott Slavin

Director & NYCDFF Founder

Stephen Tedeschi Filmmaker, Producer

Stephen Tedeschi

Filmmaker, Producer

Scott Macaulay Editor-in-Chief, FILMMAKER MAGAZINE

Scott Macaulay

Editor-in-Chief, FILMMAKER MAGAZINE

Joana Vicente Executive Director, IFP

Joana Vicente

Executive Director, IFP

Andrea Allen Director of Production, VIMEO

Andrea Allen

Director of Production, VIMEO

DIAMOND SPONSOR


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For more information:

NYCDRONEFF@GMAIL.COM

 

Media Inquiries ONLY:

John Capo Public Relations

212.729.7697  john@johncapopr.com

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

All films must be 5 minutes or under in length and shot using a drone or UAV. All "Dronie" entries must be less then 1 minute in length. All entries must be through FilmFreeway.com unless otherwise stated by festival director.  By entering your film for consideration for the 2015 New York City Drone Film Festival, you authorize that your work is cleared for festival exhibition and accept full legal responsibility for the intellectual property therein. Entry into the festival constitutes permission to exhibit your work at the 2015 New York City Drone Film Festival. 

SELECTION & NOTIFICATION

A select group of film & television professionals and drone cinematographers will make up the festival jury. Festival selections will be announced on or around January 15th, 2015. All entrants will be posted at www.NYCDRONEFILMFESTIVAL.COM and notified by email. The festival does not pay rental fees for submitted work. If selected, exhibition format digital files will be requested from the filmmakers. 

 

AWARDS

The festival jury will present awards to films in various categories including:

 

    -Narrative

    -Landscape/Travel

    -Reel

    -FPV/Proximity/Technical Flying

    -Architecture

    -X-Factor

    -Most epic Dronie

    -Best In Show

    -Audience choice award

NYCDFF is:

Randy Scott Slavin - Founder and Festival Director

Kim Jackson - Producer

Julie Slavin - Producer

John Capo - Producer/PR

John "Pliny"Eremic - Technical Director

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