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A NOTE FROM THE FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
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Last year, after the 2nd annual New York City Drone Film Festival, I was content. We sold out in a few hours, the audience loved the films, the filmmakers loved the prize and camaraderie, and the “Day of Drones” was a big hit with over 4,500 attendees. All was right in the world but I had this nagging sense that we had reached the end of the line. I mean, drones are pretty niche and drone films even more so... how much can a niche film festival really grow?
I took some well-deserved time off from thinking about the festival, and tried to quiet the voice in my head that was telling me that we had already hit our ceiling. I busied myself with work, time with the family, and flying drones in the NYC spring. When pleasant weather soon gave way to the sweltering heat of July, it was time to open up submissions again. I was back to thinking about where we go with the festival, and to more chatter from the annoying devil whispering in my ear.
As soon as the submissions opened up in August, the films began rolling in. The work I was seeing was not only inspiring, but truly transcending art simply created “by a drone.” No one had told the creators that this was a niche. The filmmakers were putting no limits on themselves when they were working on their passion projects. This made me realize that I was thinking too small. The only limiting factor to the New York City Drone Film Festival was my own imagination and I wasn’t going fumble my responsibility to the community.
I got to work on NYCDFF 3. We moved to a theater double the size (pretty nice eh?!), strengthened our ties with our allies, forged new partnerships, found industry-leading sponsors, teamed up with next-level jurors, and designed a series of classes aimed at increasing our skills as artists and craftspeople... all while working to make sure that this year’s films were the best yet.
We’ve always been about growth, but this year is about expanding both our horizons and our scope. It’s about getting better at what we do, and understanding that there are no real limiting factors except those we impose on ourselves. AMEN!
I’d like to thank all the filmmakers from 50 countries around the world for their near 400 submissions. Your creativity and bravery has kept the spirit of the NYCDFF alive and vibrant. This year’s judging was the hardest yet because the level of work has increased exponentially. I look forward to continuing to be both challenged and inspired not only by the growth of the festival, but also by the level of work being created by all of you.
Thank you again.
Randy Scott Slavin • Director & Founder • New York City Drone Film Festival
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CONTENTS
WEEKEND SCHEDULE 000
THE JURY 000
FILM NOMINEES 000
EXTREME SPORTS 000
NEWS & DOCUMENTARY 000
LANDSCAPE & ARCHITECTURE 000 000 NARRATIVE 000 FREESTYLE & FPV 000 DRONIE 000 FEATURING DRONES 000
STILL PHOTOGRAPHY 000
SHOWREEL 000
X-FACTOR 000
OUR SPONSORS 000
SPECIAL THANKS 000
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SCHEDULE TO COME
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MARIA STEFANOPOULOS PRODUCER, GOOD MORNING AMERICA
PHILIP BLOOM PHOTOGRAPHER, CINEMATOGRAPHER
KELVIN BEACHUM LEFT TACKLE, NY JETS
JASON HARRIS CEO, MEKANISM
JOSHUA BUTLER TELEVISION DIRECTOR
ERIC FLETCHER SOC
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KRISTA LINEY VP BRAND CREATIVE, HISTORY
PAUL HOFFMAN CEO, LIBERTY SCIENCE CENTER
VICTOR LEE UAV PILOT
ROBERTO SERRINI COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
PHIL ALLOCCO FILM DIRECTOR
FLORIAN FISCHER BEHIND THE MASK
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CATEGORY: EXTREME SPORTS
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EXTREME SPORTS
Become The Light Sam Peacocke
Candide Thovex Quattro 2 Candide Thovex
Ski the world. Candide Thovex teams up with Audi to express the quattro capacities, All conditions are perfect conditions.
Film Location: All over the world. (10 countries with more than 30 locations) Team Location: France Drone & Camera: DJI Inspire 2, Camera: X5S
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EXTREME SPORTS
Walls of Water Karim Iliya
2015-2016’s El Niño year brought some of the biggest waves in the world to the Northern Hemisphere. The best big wave surfers flew out to Maui, Hawaii to ride the walls of water at “Jaws”, Peahi.
Film Location: Maui, Hawaii Team Location: Hawaii and Colorado Drone & Camera: DJI Inspire 1 with X5, DJI Phantom 3 Pro
Reboot FPV Drone Segment Gabriel Kocher
A new way of filming sonwboarding, from the Shredbots movie ‘R3boot’. It gets you clinching your seat, as drone pilot Gabriel Kocher ‘Gab707’ takes you on a ride following riders Torstein Horgmo, Werni Stock, Craig McMorris and Anto Chamberland in the backcountry.
Film Location: BC, Canada Team Location: Montreal, Canada Drone & Camera: Shendrones Odonata, GopPro Hero 5
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CATEGORY:
NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY
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NEWS & DOCUMENTARY
Annecy - Drone in Motion Yannick Cerrutti
“Annecy - Drone in Motion” is a dronelapse (aerial timelapse) tour around Annecy, a French city in the Alps. I started the project in 2015 and finished more than 2 years later after around 13.000 pictures taken.
Film Location: Around Annecy, France Team Location: Annecy, France Drone & Camera: DJI Phantom 3 Pro, DJI Phantom 4 Pro
Fields of Gold Videographer: Mike Fizer Writer: Julie Walker
Agriculture drones, how new tech is making a difference on America’s farms.
Film Location: Palouse, WA and northwest Idaho Team Location: Wichita, KS & Frederick, MD Drone & Camera: Canon C100mkII DJI Phantom 3 Advance
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NEWS & DOCUMENTARY
Mutant Vehicles at Burning Man John O’Sullivan
This video is a short overview about one of the many attraction at Burning Man, the Mutant Vehicle. It attempts to explain why Mutant Vehicles are such an integral component at the weeklong event, held in the Nevada desert, which is attended by 70,000 every year.
Film Location: Black Rock Desert in Nevada Team Location: NYC Drone & Camera: Mavic Pro, Inspire 2, Osmo, Nikon D800, iPhone 6
The Big Ugly Dramatic Rescue of a Fallen Big Wave Surfer Máquina Voadora - Produções, Pedro Miranda & Daniel Neves
Big wave surfer Pedro Scooby takes an Epic Wipeout on a monster wave in Nazaré, Portugal. The Rescue that follows goes wrong and a second rescue is needed, this episode ended up as the most famous rescue operation in Nazaré and certainly one of the most dangerous scenes so far.
Film Location: Nazaré, Portugal Team Location: Cascais, Portugal Drone & Camera: Custom Built DJI F450 with a mounted GoPro Hero 4 Black
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CATEGORY:
LANDSCAPE AND ARCHITECTURE
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LANDSCAPE & ARCHITECTURE
777 Aviation Drone Dudes
Originally designed in 1968 by famed Los Angeles modernist architect Craig Ellwood, 777 Aviation is a newly reimagined and renovated 318,182 square- foot, 3-story, glass and steel structure. A true classic reborn! Come enjoy the past, present and a remarkable future.
Film Location: Los Angeles, CA Team Location: Los Angeles, CA Drone & Camera: DJI Inspire 2
Ottsjö, By Air And Timelapse. Marcus Möller
This is a project i’ve been making completely in on vacations and during my spare time. The idea was to show the most beautiful sceneries from my home in north of Sweden. I utilized several techniques . Time Lapse, video, slowmotion, and of course drones.
Film Location: Ottsjö, Sweden Team Location: Stockholm, Sweden Drone & Camera: DJI Inspire 1 X5R, 5D Mark III, RED EPIC W.
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FREESTYLE FPV
Perspectives Tarsicio Sanudo
Film Location: Mexico Team Location: Mexico Drone & Camera: DJI F450 + Hero4 Black, DJI Inspire 1 + X3, DJI Inspire 1 + X5, DJI Mavic Pro, DJI Phantom 4 Pro
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CATEGORY: NARRATIVE
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NARRATIVE
Cardboard Cadet Chris Castor
A young boy builds a cardboard airplane and departs for adventure. Will he be home for dinner?
Film Location: Woodward, OK Team Location: Oklahoma Drone & Camera: DJI Phantom 4 and Canon 7D
Donny The Drone Mackenzie Sheppard
A drone is named person of the year.
Film Location: India, Bangladesh, Japan, USA Team Location: All over Drone & Camera: Dji inspire 1, Phantom 4, Red Dragon
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NARRATIVE
Mission Turbo: The Chase Anthony Jaska
Part two in a four part series, Agent H (Hamilton the Kia Hamster) has been tracked down by high tech villains. They’re mission is to take out the Hamster and the Kia Soul.
Film Location: Minneapolis, MI Team Location: Minneapolis, MI Drone & Camera: RED Scarlet W, Sony A7sII, GoPro Hero 4 Session, DJI x5, DJI Inspire 2 and FPV racing drones
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CATEGORY: FREESTYLE FPV
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FREESTYLE FPV
Moablastr Airblastr
Airblastr proudly presents MOABLASTR. A unique aerial look into the amazing features around Moab, Utah.
Film Location: Moab, UT Team Location: Bozeman, MT Drone & Camera: Custom 5-inch FPV quadcopter with GoPro Hero 5 Session.
Muscle Up Robert McIntosh live-action recreation of a cheesy 1990’s CG flythrough.
Film Location: Venice Beach, CA Team Location: Los Angeles, CA Drone & Camera: 2inch prop 2s racer with a GoPro 4
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FREESTYLE FPV
Pipeline Pipedream Paul Nurkkala
FPV around the most iconic TVA landmarks.
Film Location: Smokey mountains in Tennessee Team Location: Indianapolis Drone & Camera: Custom built racing drone.
Drone Racer Vs Roller Coaster Léo Ginailhac
Drone Racer VS Roller Coaster with passengers is a world premiere ! An amuse- ment park left us the chance to do a crazy race up to 50 mph against a Roller Coaster with bikers onboard :)
Film Location: Nigloland, France Team Location: Reims and Paris, France Drone & Camera: Homemade 3D drone by Lethal conception + Teamblacksheep + Hobbywing
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CATEGORY: DRONIE
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DRONIE
Kansas Skyscraper Silhouette Doug Armknecht
Towering over thousands of small American towns, grain elevators are the sky- scrapers of the Great Plains. With their massive capacity, they form a vital link from America’s farms to the world’s tables. This dronie features the pilot standing on an elevator catwalk, silhouetted by a stunning sunrise on the Kansas prairie.
Film Location: Lebanon, KA Team Location: Smith Center, KA Drone & Camera: DJI Phantom 4 Pro
Spinclass Andy Shen
Playing around with 360 video with the GoPro Fusion and my custom frame the Shendrones Ichabod.
Film Location: New York City Team Location: New York City Drone & Camera: Shendrones Ichabod and GoPro Fusion
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DRONIE
The Last Dronie Chris Castor
How do you try to find a way out of a horde of zombies? You use a drone... Join four guys trying to use technology to survive a sudden zombie outbreak in The Last Dronie.
Film Location: Woodward, OK Team Location: Oklahoma Drone & Camera: DJI Phantom 4
Time Travel Dronie Tarsicio Sanudo
Drone cinematographer, director of Postandfly a mexican leader drone pro- duction company. Creator of the project “”Exploring Mexico”” with more than 80 drone videos of Mexico.
Film Location: Valle de Bravo, Mexico Team Location: Mexico Drone & Camera: DJI Phantom 4 Pro
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CATEGORY: FEATURING DRONES
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FEATURING DRONES
Boston Rising Directors: Lauren Fisher, Steve Davis
A completely groundbreaking view of Celtics basketball plays out in BOSTON RISING as we create the first Drone powered game day open. On our set we used a synchronized group of piloted drones to not only act as lights and set pieces, but also as cameras that captured dynamic angles in our futuristic set. Our anchor camera was operated by our skilled DP (on skates!) as the play- ers trained and seemingly choreographed with the movements of 2 smaller drones and the large “heavy lifter”, powered up with a giant remote operated spotlight. The story of this rising Boston team is ignited through the next level technology taking flight with them.
Film Location: Canton, MA Team Location: Los Angeles, CA Drone & Camera: Freefly ALTA 6 (spotlight drone), Inspire 2, Camera: X5S
Firefly Firefly Drone Shows
Firefly is a short film about a young girl whose imagination takes over when she runs into new and unfamiliar friends. This video was made with a swarm of 20 drones flown by Firefly Drone Shows. All drone movements were choreo- graphed, programed and flown live, no visual effects we used to make this.
Film Location: Michigan Team Location: Michigan Drone & Camera: Alexa Amira
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FEATURING DRONES
Perspective Motion AJ Goin
A flight above the snow with a prototype racing drone using a stabilized 360 camera and one long keyframed camera movement
Film Location: I’d rather not say. Team Location: Currently: Ohio, Soon: North Texas Drone & Camera: Prototype drone and GoPro Fusion
Slaughterbots Space Digital and The Future of Life Institute
In a dystopian world a new form of A.I. weaponry has been created. All these drone bots need is a profile: age, sex, fitness, uniform, and ethnicity. Nuclear is obsolete. Take out your entire enemy virtually risk free. Just characterize him, release the swarm, and rest easy.
Film Location: United Kingdom Team Location: Manchester, U.K. Drone & Camera: Arri Alexa, GoPro Hero6, DJI Mavic Pro
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Football Island Brent De Bleser - Flykings Media
One of the most unique football fields in the world located in northern Norway. The stadium is located on a rocky islet surrounded by stunning views consisting of dramatic mountains and jagged peaks, open sea and sheltered bays.
Film Location: Henningsvær, Norway Team Location: Stavanger, Norway Drone & Camera: DJI Mavic Pro
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God’s View Of Independence Day Jordan Nelson
As a kid I’ve always been fascinated by fireworks and although I had taken sev- eral aerial long exposure shots of fireworks I wanted to do something different. Armed with my own fireworks and the clerks suggested max height of said fireworks I knew exactly what I wanted to do.
Film Location: Hudson, NC Team Location: Boone, NC Drone & Camera: Phantom 4 Pro
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The 24 Hour Descent Kyle Hulse
This still photo was taken just outside of Colorado Springs, shot on a DJI Phan- tom 4 Pro. It shows the transition of day to night looking down on a road with a very steep incline. This idea was aimed to push the current limits of drones.
Film Location: Colorado Springs Team Location: Madison, WI Drone & Camera: DJI Phantom 4 Pro
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The Spiral Jetty Josh Dustin
Drone photographer, Josh Dustin, captured a new perspective of the Spiral Jetty, an earthwork created by Robert Smithson in 1970. The Jetty is located along the northern banks of the Great Salt Lake and is made of black basalt rocks.
Film Location: Spiral Jetty, Great Salt Lake, Utah Team Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Drone & Camera: DJI Inspire 1 Pro with the DJI Zenmuse X5
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The Last Of The Dome Jordan Nelson
This photo was taken above the Georgia Dome during its final seconds The building was imploded on November 20th, 2017.
Film Location: Atlanta, GA Team Location: Boone, NC Drone & Camera: Phantom 4 Pro
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CATEGORY: SHOWREEL
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SHOWREEL
Aerial Frontiers 2016 Reel Sam Short
Our adventures in 2016 around Scotland and worldwide working on exciting project for different production companies and clients.
Film Location: Scotland, Morocco, Bermuda, Croatia Team Location: Scotland Drone & Camera: S900 - GH4, Inspire Pro - X5
AIRV8 reel AIRV8
The reel from AIRV8 takes you on a road trip from the Alps across European sky- lines to the African desert. It is a compilation ranging from extreme sports and car commercials to art projects, but not a simply money shot line-up. It’s more about creating a smooth and organic flowing piece of aerial perspectives.
Film Location: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Marocco, United Kingdom, Sweden, Czech Republic Team Location: Munich/Rosenheim I Germany Drones: Freefly Alta 8, DJI S1000, DJI Inspire. Cameras: Arri Alexa Mini, Red Weapon, Panasonic Lumix GH4, Sony A7S
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CATEGORY: X-FACTOR
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X-FACTOR
Flutter Chris Castor
Nature is amazing in its design. And of all the incredible things mankind can do, we still can’t quite achieve the level of complexity found in nature. May we always look to the beauty found in nature for inspiration and be humbled by what it has yet to teach us.
Film Location: Woodward, OK Team Location: Oklahoma Drone & Camera: DJI Phantom 4
Kingdom Of The Wild Mike Bishop
Kingdom of the Wild is a film inspired by the beauty of nature, and wildlife in Namibia, Africa. This film was made in correlation with the Cheetah Conserve- tion fund and Erindi private game reserve, who work tirelessly to preserve the endangered wildlife of Namibia.
Film Location: Namibia Team Location: Los Angeles Drone & Camera: Phantom 4 Pro, Inspire 2
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X-FACTOR
The Boom Nelson Aerial Productions
Over the past few years I traveled with an explosives demolition company to document their work. This is a compilation of them blowing up buildings. Needless to say, it was a blast to film these!
Film Location: USA Team Location: Boone, NC Drone & Camera: Inspire 2 X5S, Inspire 1 Pro, Phantom 4 Pro, Mavic
White Jeans ft. Chris Hawkey GH Ridpath & Noah Ferche
Put on a pair of white jeans, and feel what it’s like to be truly cool. “White Jeans” is a spoof music video done in the style of Lonely Island, appearing in the short film “The Birthday Party”. An OKP Films/GH Media Werks production. Aerial sup- port provided by AirVūz.
Film Location: Las Vegas, NV - Miami, FL- Minneapolis, MN Team Location: Minneapolis, MN Drone & Camera: DJI Inspire 2, DJI Phantom 4 Pro
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A heartfelt thanks to all those who entered their work in the 2018 New York City Drone Film Festival.
Founder & Festival Director: Randy Scott Slavin • www.randyscottslavin.com
Event Producer: Dan Parente • www.bookemdannoproductions.com
Technical Director: John “Pliny” Eremic • www.endcrawl.com
Graphic Design: The Collected Works • www.thecollectedworks.com
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