Nominees Announced For 2017 AirVūz Drone Video Awards
Tens of thousands of drone videos from around the world have been narrowed down to a handful of finalists in the first-ever AirVūz Drone Video Awards.
More than 33,000 videos uploaded to AirVuz.com between January 1, 2017 and December 15, 2017 were eligible to be chosen as finalists. The contest was open to anyone in the world who uploaded an originally-shot drone video on AirVuz.com.
A plaque, cash and prizes will be awarded to winners in 13 categories, which include: People, Cities, Countries, Landscape, Freestyle FPV, Drone Racing, Tiny Whoop, Animals (including pets), Dronies (selfies taken with a drone), Sports, Originality, Reels and Photo.
Five finalists in each category were selected by the staff of AirVūz, based on the quality, originality and creativity of the drone video or photograph. Videos submitted during 2017 will be ineligible to compete in 2018.
Grand Prizes: In addition to 13 category winners, AirVūz will award US$1,000 for the FPV (First-Person-View) Video of the Year and US$1,000 for the Drone Video of the Year. The Drone Photo of the Year will receive US$500.
All AirVūz content creators will have the opportunity to place their votes for the best drone videos in the world between Monday, Jan. 8, 2018 and Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018 (voting closes at 11:59 p.m. EST). Only one entry per registered content creator will be accepted in the voting for the best drone videos in the world.
The 2017 Drone Video Awards Official Nominees:
DRONIE CATEGORY
There Is No One Else by WellingtonVisuals
Helipad Selfie in Shanghai by ASenseofHuber
Frozen boats at Olkhon Island Lake Baikal Russia Dronie – Drone Selfie by wrenee
Beautiful Sunrise Dronie by YoumiTrip
LANDSCAPE CATEGORY
An Imaginary World by Tobias Hägg
Amazon Rainforest by Cristian Dimitrius
RACING CATEGORY
MegaDroneX 2.0 // Cave Race by NurkFPV
Stadium FPV Racing Europe by MetallDanny
Maker Faire, San Mateo. Day 1 by FlyingBearFPV
Drone Racing Underground by JohnnyFPV
COUNTRIES CATEGORY
Aerial Hiperlapses Colombia by Jeffpilotbmx
Winds From Morocco by bbacalhau
“Awaken” Iceland by mike bishop.tv
This Is Romania by The Brothers M
Split & Zadar | Croatia | 4K Drone Video by hamza_mujtaba
PEOPLE CATEGORY
Pilot Madeleine in Hawaii 2017 – Oahu Drone Tour by Ryzone
This is Yunnan by Face du Monde
Philippines | A Place I Call Home by Merr Watson
ANIMALS CATEGORY
Majestic Beast Nanuk by florian ledoux
Drone Safari – Kruger National Park by BeemFlights
Flying with Flamingos by Alp Karagulle
Wave Sharin’ is Carin’ by Jaimen
CITIES CATEGORY
Moscow Aerial 5K Timelab.pro by Timelab.pro
The Windy City in 4K – Chicago from a New Perspective by Gianlo
Tokyo From Above by BigHeadGreg
Venice Italy by duminciucbogdan
TINY WHOOP CATEGORY
エアリアルヨガスタジオ ｙ＋AERO × TINY WHOOP JAPAN by KatsuFPV
How to make people happy with Drones by SeekND FPV
Tiny Whooping the Fountains of Bellagio by Redline
Inductrix Film Festival Winner (Best Story) “Thanksgiving at Grandma’s” by Nick Lang
Tinywhoop Invades Monster Energy’s #Doonies3 by Yubeta.Blv FPV
FREESTYLE CATEGORY
Motocross Stunts / Explosion / Mayhem by Gespar
Huge Abandoned Hotel in Korea by JohnnyFPV
Stone Eagles’ Flight – NYC drone film festival edition by Gab707
DROP IN PARK FPV DRONE AERIAL FREESTYLE by Red-fpv
SPORTS CATEGORY
UNITED WE RIDE by FourOhFourFilmFactory
Extreme Downhill Freeride Mountain Biking in the High Desert with Da Boys by indo eye
Sports RG Drones in the Brazil by rg drones
Best of windsurfing by RikDingo
ORIGINALITY CATEGORY
Beauty and the Beast-Chicago’s Story by Drone Media Chicago
Ludovico Einaudi & Greenpeace “Elegy for the Arctic” by CopterClouds.com
tahiti an Head Over LANDSCAPE 4K NEW ZEALAND TAHITI by damienlair
REEL CATEGORY
Drones are Awesome by ThisIsTilt
Brendon Dixon Films 2018 Showreel by Brendon Dixon
Drone Alps Winter 2016/2017 Showreel by dronealps
Summer is Coming – A tribute to travellers by Grim Berge
Demo reel – 2017 by Joe.Images
PHOTOGRAPHY CATEGORY
Two Surfer Babes by KaszPhotoCreative
Floating in the Unknown by zimydakid