2025 Drone Videos of the Week: Episode 18

Every week, our team reviews every video uploaded to the site to pick the Top 5 videos. Then, we name our favorite as our Drone Video of the Week and send that drone pilot $ 250. (The winning video is also then a contender for Drone Video of the Month.) AirVuz proudly features these Top 5 videos are both here on AirVuz and across our social platforms ... we love to celebrate this amazing content from our community of drone pilots! Wondering how to become eligible? Simply upload your drone videos to AirVuz; it's that easy!

Top AirVuz contributor Makhorov won the Drone Video of the Week contest in May of 2025 with this fantastic drone video of humpback whales.  The video manages to capture a group of the giant mammals creating "bubble nets", which is an instinctive feeding process unique to humpback and Bryde's whales.  Bubble net feeding may be undertaken by lone whales or (as in the video) by groups of whales acting in concert.  Essentially the whale(s) use bubbles to "corral" small fish prey by creating a "net" of bubbles to contain them.  

Top AirVuz contributor PANVELVET was picked as a Drone Video of the Week Finalist in May of 2025 for this excellent nighttime drone video from the great city of Shanghai, China.  Starting at the :07 mark, you'll see the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, which stands 1.5k ft. tall (468 m).  Other featured locations include Shanghai's two tallest skyscrapers (the 128 story Shanghai Tower and the 101 story Shanghai Financial Center), the historic Bund area on the opposite (western) side of the Huangpu River, and more.    

Former Drone Video of the Year Winner Drone My Life earned a spot as a DVOW Finalist for this excellent winter compilation piece.  The reel covers wintertime travels around the world over the previous two years.  The video was created with footage from gimbal-stabilized cinematic drones as well as from first person view (FPV) quads, which provide complementary viewpoints for the largely alpine landscapes.  Locations include various spots in the Alps mountains as well as the Dolomite Mountains (a subchain of the Alps in northeastern Italy).  

Top AirVuz contributor marco.trastu earned a spot as a Drone Video of the Week Finalist in May of 2025 for this excellent drone video from Norway's Lofoten Islands.  The video was filmed during the winter months, when the days are vanishingly short in the islands, which lie along Norway's western coast and are inside the Arctic Circle.  The video was filmed with a DJI Mavic 3 Classic as well as a DJI Avata 2 first person view (FPV) drone.  Explore the iconic fishing villages and towering mountains of this winter wonderland.  

Top Airvuz contributor Cinehawks earned a spot as a DVOW Finalist in May of 2025 with this fantastic first person view (FPV) drone reel.  The reel features an impressive mix of action, landscape, and "people" shots from work undertaken on behalf of clients around the world.  At the :11 mark, there's a shot of a wakeboarder being towed by a VERY fast sailboat, followed by a waterfall dive and a shot of a drift car race.  At :31, you'll see a snowboarder hitting a jump, and at :387 you'll fly over a massive outdoor concert.