Flying Robots Conquer San Fran! – on Film

For the third 12 months in a row, flying robots will take over the City by the Bay – or at the least their movie footage.

The 2017 Flying Robot worldwide Film Festival launches on Nov. 16 at San Francisco’s historic Roxie Theater.

Billed as “an open competitive drone film festival focused on aerial cinema created from the perspective of flying camera robots (drones),” the occasion is the mind youngster of native video producer and aerial movie auteur Eddie Codel.

“With more drones in the hands of new and experienced filmmakers, we’re seeing the natural result of that expansion,” Codel mentioned in a 2016 press launch.

In six days, drone filmmakers will study if their submission makes the minimize of 25 quick movies to be featured on the fest.

In 2016, FRiFF obtained 180 submissions throughout eight classes from 40 international locations and this 12 months is anticipated to attract much more as drone cinema explodes.

Categories embrace:

• Cinematic Narrative
• Epic Landscape
• Drones for Good
• FPV Racing & Freestyle
• WTF LOL (which is precisely what it feels like)
• Promotional
• Student Film

Finalist and Runner Up choices will garner awards and the respect of their friends; Best of Show and Audience Choice choices may also be unveiled.

FRiFF is the primary of its variety for the West Coast; nonetheless, the pioneer for such an occasion goes to the New York City Drone Film Festival which debuted in 2014.

Top judges from throughout the drone world will determine whose entry flies the very best — judges resembling Avery Bazan (DJI), Natalie Cheng (Autel Robotics) and Marque Cornblatt (Aerial Sports League).

2016 Winners

Cinematic Narrative

• Darkhad Valley, Jeff Colhoun [USA]
• Drona, Chafic Saad [USA]
• The Drone, Jordan Rubin [USA]

Epic Landscape

• An Aerial Perspective of Nordland, Michael Fletcher & Alan Mathieson [Australia]
• Drone Poem: Always Take The Window Seat, Alexander Hotz [USA]
• Into The West, Mike Bishop [Canada]
• Midnight Sun, Christian Linares [USA]
• Vietnam from Above, Max Seigal [USA]

Drones For Good

• Help Us Give Elephants and Rhinos Wings, Michael Parfit [USA]
• Zipline in Rwanda, Jimmy Collins [USA]

FPV/Aerial Sports

• ascent, Jonas Kunze [Germany]
• The First Racing Drone In Chernobyl, Steele Davis [USA]

WTF LOL

• Byzantine, Joris Favraud [France]
• Drone Blender, Billy May & Damien Gallagher [United Kingdom]
• Marinière, Athanasia Lykoudi [Greece]
• Moon Line, Frédéric Rousseau [France]

I Made That!

• Mario Copter, Michael Niedermayr [Austria]
• Robot Quadrotors Perform James Bond Theme, Kurtis Sensenig [USA]

Student Film

• Spectacular Norway, Simen Haughom [Norway]
• The Making of Expedition Alaska, Brian Leitten [USA]
• This is Chapman, Kevin Wolf [USA]

Promotional

• Digitized 2016 – Opening Titles, Athanasia Lykoudi [Greece]
• Drone100, Sergio Abuja [USA]
• San Francisco Drone Rescue, Chris Lindland, Robbie Wiedie & Tyler MacNiven [USA]
• This is Tilt, Daniell Ashby [Norway]

Best in Show

• Moon Line, Frédéric Rousseau [France]

Audience Choice

• Drone Poem: Always Take The Window Seat, Alexander Hotz [USA]