SoCal Drone Film Festival

26/03/2024

Here’s a spotlight on one of our past winners Winner of best editing in 2021 for the amazing “Duality”. We will highlight a past winner each week. If you want a chance to win, get your submissions in to FilmFreeay! Link in bio!

15/02/2024

🚨THE FESTIVAL HAS MOVED AND DEADLINES EXTENDED🚨 Due to some technical issues, the festival is moving to June 1-2, which will be an amazing 2-day event in Orange County, California. The submissions will be accepted through April 10 with late deadline April 30. Get your submissions in!

01/02/2024

The Architecture Category! Show us your best aerial look of buildings and/or man-made structures. 📍Submit to FilmFreeway via the link in our bio. Good luck!

28/01/2024

Submit your content to the Southern California Drone Film Festival’s 13 different categories. And plan to attend the event in April.

24/01/2024

The Landscape/Nature Category! Give us the best look at what this world has to offer. 📍Submit to FilmFreeway via the link in our bio. ** Remember, our early bird deadline is January 29** Good luck!

19/01/2024

Announcing our Media Partner AirVuz. All finalists nad winners will be showcased on AirVuz’s site and will be elligible to win their prizes. 📍Submit to FilmFreeway via the link in our bio. ** Remember, our early bird deadline is January 29** Good luck!

17/01/2024

The News/Documentary Category! A narrative story about a non-fiction topic that includes narration and/or interviews. 📍Submit to FilmFreeway via the link in our bio. ** Remember, our early bird deadline is January 29** Good luck!

15/01/2024

We’re excited to announce that this year’s festival will be part of one of the premier conferences in the drone industry. Plan on attending the Festival along with the this April in San Diego! Ticket information soon.

09/01/2024

Don’t just let your amazing drone content sit on your hard drive or in an old post on social media …..submit it to the SoCal Drone Film Festival !

Check out SoCal Drone Film Festival's video.

01/01/2024

Wishing you all a happy new year and reminding you it’s time to submit your entries. Link in bio.Hashtag block:

23/12/2023

Why go out? Submit your entries for the 2024 SoCal Drone Film Festival. Submissions at Film Freeway or through our website. Link in bio.

19/12/2023

Submissions are now being accepted for the 2024 Festival. Get yours in today! Go FilmFreeway and type Southern California Drone Film Festival or go to the submissions section of our site (link in bio)

14/12/2023

This year’s festival will be held in conjunction with at the Check out the largest drone and autonomous expos in the country while enjoying this year’s festival in America’s Finest City. Details and registration info to come.

19/11/2023

Big News! The festival will be held in San Diego at the SD Convention Center in conjunction with AUVSI’s annual Xponential Conference. It’s a big week of all things drone in Americas Finest City!

26/07/2023

In case you couldn't make it to the Third Annual Southern California Drone Film Festival or days 2 and 3 of the FAA's Droning On California event....this is what you missed. Thanks to all those who attended and who helped make it an amazing event! Make plans to attend next year!

23/07/2023

Winners (part2)
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Yaay! Festival winners announced!
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Single Take - Ruben Caser with “the Keyhole”
SoCal Spirit - Maryann Rose with “SoCal Adventures”
Student Video - John Zorian Passmore with “Taking Drones to the Next Level”
360 Video/VR - Hugh Hou with “Snowmobile Ride 360 Experience”
Landscape/Nature - Andrew Efimov with “Indonesia FPV”
Show Reel - Mauro Pagliai with “Flyage Personal View”

23/07/2023

Winners (part1)
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Yaay! Festival winners announced!
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Architecture - John Falchetto with “the Artist”
Film Editing - Alan Tkalcec with “My year 2021”
Sports - Patrick Reynolds’s with “the Runner”
Drone Photo - Joanna Steidle with “Another world”
Cinematic FPV - Jason Rivers with “the Heist”
News/Documentary - Nathan Snyder with “Destination Hawaii: Oahu”

22/07/2023

Wohoo! We are so excited? SocalDrone Film Festival is happening today! It’s 2nd day of FAA’s “Droning on expo”, that is happening on the premises on Cal State Fullerton! Demos, drone racing, drone soccer and much more!!! You can still register and get your tickets for free! More info through link in bio. 🙌🪩✌️📸⌨️
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21/07/2023

Droning on expo is opening today! 9am to 4 pm educators summit @ Cal State Fullerton! You can still get a ticket, it’s Free! More info through link in bio!📸 🪩🙌
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20/07/2023

Only 2 days left before is gonna take place in Fullerton, CA along with a two day full of workshops and other events on “Droning On” California edition! Don’t forget to get your tickets, they are Free! More info through link in bio!
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18/07/2023

This weekend! Be sure to register for free! Don’t miss out!

18/07/2023

Josh is the owner of One Zero Digital Media, LLC, He provides video and photography services from the ground and in the sky with high end drones and industry standard cinematic camera He has been involved in the aerial imaging industry since purchasing one of the first DJI Phantom 2 drones in February of 2014, and has worked for ESPN, HGTV, Caribbean Cruise Lines, the Anaheim Convention Center and many other companies, providing aerial media services such as videography, photography and 3D models and maps.
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15/07/2023

One week away! Enjoy the amazing lineup for the Festival and make a weekend out of it with the FAA’s Drone Expo on Sunday (part of the Droning On California event). Register for free online!

14/07/2023

It’s time to meet another Jury member! Based in Southern California, Emily is a photographer and videographer who specializes in landscape, aerial, and portrait work for her clients. It was through working with high-end commercial real estate clientele that she fell in love with drone photography, and she now lives for the thrill of capturing images that would otherwise be missed by the human eye. Her unique aerials created through her focus on composition, colors, and contrast have caught the attention of industry influencers. 🙌✨🪩📸
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12/07/2023

Happy Wednesday! Please, welcome our next Jury member! Matt Brown is a commercial photographer, documentary filmmaker, screenwriter and podcaster living in Los Angeles with over 30 years of professional photography experience shooting a variety of assignments.
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Matt has created memorable images for a large client base including Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Sports Illustrated, LA Angels, MLB, Gatorade, National Geographic Traveler, NBA, ESPN the Magazine, Mizuno, Sony and Newsweek. During the last 15 years Matt has made a dozen documentary films. 🍿📸🎞.

07/07/2023

As COO for AirVuz, Jenny is responsible for managing the Content Curation, Social Media, Community Relations, Media Licensing, and Product Management functions within AirVūz.
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With a 20+year background in communications, technology and management, her previous posts include management positions with Citibank, IP Commerce, Business Aviation, and Augustana University. Jenny was part of the original AirVūz management team and continues to love celebrating both the incredible content shared by the AirVuz community, as well as the talented drone pilots who create it all.
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06/07/2023

You don’t want to miss this! Hear from pilots and content creators from .tv and at this year’s festival! REGISTER FOR FREE NOW!

04/07/2023

Happy 4th of July to you all!! Kindly reminding not to forget to take photos and videos (of course drone) while u celebrating 🙌💙❤️🤍
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03/07/2023

Meet out next jury member: Johnny Miller! Johnny is a photographer, activist, and multimedia storyteller based in Cape Town, South Africa and Detroit, USA.
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He is interested in exploring inequality, architecture, displacement and climate justice from the ground and from the air.
His photographic project Unequal Scenes has garnered widespread praise and been featured in many of the world’s top publications.
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Johnny is also the co-founder of africanDRONE, a pan-African organization committed to using drones for good. He attended Dickinson College in Pennsylvania, USA, and the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
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30/06/2023

Meet out next jury member: Nicola Daley! Nicola is an award winning Director of Photography with extensive experience in drama, documentaries, commercials and music videos.🎥📸🫶
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Nicola shot documentaries for 10 years all over the world, in some of the most talked about places on earth – North Korea, Iraq, Afghanistan and after having survived that she now shoots high end TV drama and feature films.
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Nicola has just finished working as the lead DP on ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Season 5 with director Elisabeth Moss. She has numerous TV shows under her belt including ‘Harlots’ for Hulu, ‘Half Bad’ for Netflix, ‘Domina’ for Sky, and ‘Gentleman Jack’ for HBO. 🎞
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