This yr’s fourth annual New York City Drone Film Festival featured some of the most unimaginable drone movies we’ve ever seen.
Christian (accomplice course teacher), Alan, Lana, and Zacc
There have been some spectacular panels on Saturday, particularly one on drones and the regulation that we discovered actually useful.
Tip from a drone lawyer on the panel: Do your analysis. With so many new metropolis and county drone legal guidelines popping up, you can cross a jurisdictional line and all of the sudden be violating a regulation in a single metropolis that doesn’t exist in the metropolis the place you took off.
We have been additionally proud to be a media sponsor of the NYC DFF for the first time this yr:
But it was Skydio that stole the present over the weekend, with their new totally autonomous R1 drone.
Alan with the Skydio R1
The R1 maps and interprets the world in actual time, so you can begin it flying and take off operating, biking, kayaking, doing parkour—you get the image—and it’ll comply with behind you autonomously, with out anybody at the controls.
On Sunday at the Liberty Science Center, Skydio did a demo in the important stairway that featured a dancer interacting with their autonomous drone.
Video can’t be loaded: Skydio NYC DFF Demo at the Liberty Science Center (https://vimeo.com/259034711)
And of course, the movies have been unimaginable this yr.
Without additional ado, let’s check out the winners of this yr’s fourth annual New York City Drone Film Festival.
Extreme Sports & Best in Show
“Quattro 2” by Candide Thovex
News and Docs
“The Big Ugly” by Maquina Voadora
X-Factor
“Kingdom of the Wild” by Mike Bishop
Freestyle FPV
“Muscle Up” by Robert McIntosh
Narrative
Donny the Drone” by Mackenzie Sheppard
Landscape and Architecture
“Ottsjo NY Air and Timelapse” by Marcus Muller
Dronie
“The Last Dronie” by Chris Castor
Featuring Drones
“Boston Rising” by The Famous Group / Strato Aerial
Still Photography
“Football Island” by Brent de Bleser
Showreel
“AirV8” by Holger Hirsch
Keep in thoughts that these are simply the profitable movies—all of the nominated movies this yr have been unimaginable, and properly price watching. When the competitors is that this stiff, simply getting nominated is an honor.
The high quality of work introduced at the pageant was some of the best possible drone videography in the world. We can’t wait to see what subsequent yr brings.
Zacc Dukowitz
Director of Marketing
Zacc Dukowitz is the Director of Marketing for UAV Coach. A author with skilled expertise in training expertise and digital advertising and marketing, Zacc is keen about reporting on the drone trade at a time when UAVs might help us reside higher lives. Zacc additionally holds the rank of nidan in Aikido, a Japanese martial artwork, and is a broadly printed fiction author. Zacc has an MFA from the University of Florida and a BA from St. John’s College. Follow @zaccdukowitz or try zaccdukowitz.com to learn his work.