Thunderbird Drone Festival

Submissions are now open and will close on June 30th, 2023. Festival selections will be announced on or around July 21st, 2023. All entrants will be posted on our website, social media pages, and by email. If selected, exhibition format digital files will be requested from the filmmakers.

Rules:
Films must be 5 minutes in length or less (unless otherwise specified) and a majority of the footage must be shot using a drone or UAV (at least 50%).
All "Showreel & Commercial" entries must be 3 minutes or less (unless an exception is made).
All "Dronie" submissions must be less than 1 minute (unless an exception is made).
Submissions to the film festival must be made through FilmFreeway. The Festival Director reserves the right to make exceptions as needed.

Legal:
By submitting your project to the 2023 Thunderbird Drone Festival, the submitter and anyone associated with the submitted project agrees to the following:
You authorize your project to be exhibited at the Thunderbird Drone Festival;
You accept to hold full legal responsibility for the intellectual property herein;
Your project does not infringe any trademark, agreement, copyright, artistic, personal, civil, privacy, moral right of any person, firm, corporation or association;
In the event of any claim involving copyright, trademark, credits, publicity, screening, and loss of or damage to the screening videos or photos entered, you accept to indemnify and hold harmless the Thunderbird Drone Festival from and against any resulting claims, liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including but not limited to attorney’s fees and costs of the court).
You authorize your name, likeness, and submitted work to be used in any promotion of the Thunderbird Drone Festival.