The New York City Drone Film Festival's mission is to help progress the art of aerial cinematography and storytelling using drones. Thanks to all the amazing submissions we received throughout the years and congratulations to all the #NYCDFF winners!
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2019 #NYCDFF WINNERS
CINEMATIC FPV CATEGORY & BEST IN SHOW - MOABLASTER 2 - THE STORM by AIRBLASTR
EXTREME SPORTS CATEGORY - GOOD MORNING by RICHARD PERMIN, MAXIME MOULIN & ANTOINE FRIOUX
LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURE CATEGORY - A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE by MARCUS MÖLLER
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORY - LUX NOCTIS by REUBEN WU
NEWS & DOCUMENTARY - BURNING MAN - THE BUILD by MATT EMMI
NARRATIVE CATEGORY - I AM DRONE by TOMMY TABIJIA aka UMMAGAWD
FREESTYLE FPV CATEGORY - NURKS FLIGHT OF THE YEAR 2018 by PAUL NURKKALA aka NURK
FEATURING DRONES CATEGORY - TEAMWORK by SAM GREENFIELD
X-FACTOR CATEGORY - I AM FRAGILE by FLORIAN LEDEUX
DRONIE CATEGORY - WASHED UP by ANI ACOPIAN & CODY GUILFOYLE
SHOWREEL CATEGORY - ONLY. GOING. UP. by JORDAN OVERMAN
NEWS AND DOCS - THE BIG UGLY - MAQUINA VOADORA
X-FACTOR - KINGDOM OF THE WILD - MIKE BISHOP
FREESTYLE FPV - MUSCLE UP - ROBERT MCINTOSH
NARRATIVE - DONNY THE DRONE - MACKENZIE SHEPPARD
LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURE - OTTSJO NY AIR AND TIMELAPSE - MARCUS MULLER
DRONIE - THE LAST DRONIE - CHRIS CASTOR
FEATURING DRONES - BOSTON RISING - THE FAMOUS GROUP / STRATO AERIAL
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY - FOOTBALL ISLAND - BRENT DE BLESER
SHOWREEL - AIRV8 - HOLGER HIRSCH
2017 #NYCDFF WINNERS
X-FACTOR & BEST IN SHOW
Mixed Motion Project - Ilko Iliev and Marin Kafedjiiski (Bulgaria)
NARRATIVE
Drone Star Wars - Corridor Digital (USA
EXTREME SPORTS
Cala d’en Serra - Drone Parkour - Giles Campbell Longley and Kie Willis (United Kingdom)
ARCHITECTURE
Byzantine - Joris Favraud (France)
DRONIE
Family Island - Florian Fischer (Germany)
NEWS/DOCUMENTARY
#NoDAPL: Drones Monitor North Dakota Police - AJ+ (USA)
LANDSCAPE
Australia - Wild Pacific Media (Australia)
FREESTYLE/FPV
Fresh Squeeze - Robert McIntosh (USA)
FEATURING DRONES
Drone Cake Baking - Lucas Zanotto (Norway)
SHOWREEL
KopterCam 2017 Showreel - Koptercam (Finland)
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY
Sea and Salt - Wellington Rodrigues (Germany)
2016 #NYCDFF WINNERS
EXTREME SPORTS & BEST IN SHOW
FEATURING DRONES
Sparked: A Live Interaction Between Humans and Quadcopters by Cirque Du Soliel, ETH Zurich & Verity Studios
NEWS & DOCUMENTARY
DRONIE - The Shark Drone by Behind The Mask
AUDIENCE CHOICE AWARD - Dronie Proposal by Tarsicio Sanudo
X-FACTOR - Dance Crazy by Wild Rabbit Productions
TECHNICAL
Art Of Shades "All Away” by Pascal Anquetil & Colin Solal Cardo
NARRATIVE
ARCHITECTURE
LANDSCAPE - Wild Scotland by John Duncan
SHOWREEL - Skynamic
2016 #NYCDFF STILL PHOTOGRAPHY WINNER:
Al Marmoum Camel Racing by Shoayb Khattab
2015 #NYCDFF WINNERS
SUPERMAN WITH A GOPRO - NYCDFF 2015 NARRATIVE & BEST IN SHOW WINNER
Directors: Sam Gorski, Niko Pueringer Producer: Jake Watson Drone Pilot: Taylor Chein Talent: Will Sterling as Superman Music: Pegboard Nerds
"I WONT LET YOU DOWN" OK GO - NYCDFF 2015 X FACTOR WINNER
Creative Director: Morihiro Harano Art Director: Jun Nishida Director: Kazuaki Seki and Damian Kulash, Jr. Choreographer: furitsukekagyou air:man Cameraman: Makoto Okuguchi Lighting: Akiyoshi Irio GRIP: Takashi Taniguchi DIT: Taito Oyama Multi-Copter Pilot: Kenji Yasuda Stylist: Kazuki Yunoki Hair Make: Asuka Fujio Sound Operator: Isao Yoshida Location Coordinator: Kyohei Kitamura Online Editor: Shunsuke Kakuuchi, Takashi Tanaka Colorist: Shigeyuki Toriumi Translator: Aiko Ishikawa, Ryuzo Tsutsui, Sumire Matsumura UNI-CUB: Kazuyuki Iwata, Hirokazu Hara, Shinichiro Kobashi, Makoto Hasegawa Mass Games Design + Previsualization: Daisuke Sasaki, David Robert, Munechika Inudo, Yoshifumi Sadahara, Gilles Brossard Interactive: Ryo Tsukiji, Kousei Motoyoshi, Nobuaki Arikata, Kenshiro Nakashima, Junichi Arakawa, Masanobu Ishii, Yusuke Kitani Making-of: Makoto Kubota Assistant-director: Hideaki Jinbo Production Manager: Satoshi Miyata Agency Producer: Shiro Miyamoto, Naoyuki Masuda, Misato Tachibana Producer: Mitsuru Yamamori Cast: OK Go Cameo: Perfume Special thanks to: the school girl dancers and Honda
THE FALLOUT - NYCDFF 2015 ARCHITECTURE WINNER
An aerial perspective of Pripyat/Chernobyl. Shot in February 2014 to showcase AeroCine's heavy lift platform. Drone Pilot: Oscar Ohlson Directors: Jeff Brink...
NYCDFF 2015 TRAVEL/LANDSCAPE WINNER: KOH YAO NOI
Philip Bloom took a holiday in Thailand with his DJI Phantom drone and shot this short film entirely in 2.7K. Be sure to watch fullscreen in the highest reso...
MMMM/SANTA MONICA AIRLINES - NYCFF 2015 FPV PROXIMITY TECHNICAL WINNER
Robert McIntosh - pilot Eric Maloney - spotter
CINEDRONES ARE AWESOME - NYCDFF 2015 SHOWREELS WINNER
We wanted to showcase the variated use of drones in high-end productions from the past couple of years in one clip; Cinedrones are awesome. We have always pu...
FLOATING - NYCDFF 2015 DRONIE WINNER
Drone Pilot: Florian Fischer Director: Florian Fischer Producer: Florian Fischer / Michael Kugler Protagonist: Matthias Höfling It's all about discovering. I...
NYCDFF 2015 AUDIENCE CHOICE WINNER: MEXICO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FROM ABOVE
Audience Choice Award winner in the 2015 New York City Drone Fil...