All films must be 5 minutes in length or less (unless otherwise specified) and at least 50% must be shot using a drone or UAV.
All "Dronie" entries must be less than 1 minute in length.
All "Showreel" entries must be 3 minutes or under in length.
Films submitted to the "Featuring Drones" do not have to be shot with drones.
Films submitted to the "Narrative category" have no length restrictions and will be selected based on films merit only.
All entries must be through www.filmfreeway.com unless otherwise stated by Festival Director.
By entering your film for consideration for the 2019 New York City Drone Film Festival, you authorize that your work is cleared for festival exhibition and accept full legal responsibility for the intellectual property therein. Entry into the Festival constitutes permission to exhibit your work at the 2019 New York City Drone Film Festival.
The New York City Drone Film Festival reserves the right to use excerpts of any submitted film for promotional purposes only, including but not limited to broadcast on TV or the internet.
The person submitting the Film (hereafter called the "Applicant") acknowledges that he or she has obtained consent from any and all owners, creators, writers, actors, producers and/or other authorized representatives of the Film whose consent is required to submit the Film to the Festival.
It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to secure authorization and permission from the copyright owner(s) of any and all copyrighted content or materials included within the submitted Film. It is the sole responsibility of the Applicant to secure authorization and permission from the owner(s) of any and all trademarked content and materials included within the submitted Film.
Films that have been submitted for Festival consideration in previous years are eligible for re-submission for 2019 Festival consideration, but only if the Film has been changed significantly since the previous year in which it was submitted. The Festival shall have sole authority and discretion to determine whether a Film that was previously submitted has been changed significantly from the previous submitted version.
Festival organizers reserve the right to make exception to any of the rules at their discretion.