August 23, 2025
Featuring films produced at least 50% with phones and drones.
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Our 2nd Nyack Phone & Drone Film Festival will be held at the The Angel Nyack, in Nyack, NY Saturday, August 23rd. Last year's 1st NPDAIFF event was attended by over 200 enthusiastic and curious people discovering the capabilities of the new technology. NPDAIFF is a new festival initiated by the people who bring you the Nyack International Film Festival and is dedicated to educating audiences and empowering filmmakers and companies around the world to tell their stories with the use of drones. Our mission is to help educate the public about the many positive and beneficial ways phones and drones are being used to better society and capture the panoramic beauty of our planet. We are also including AI films to this years submissions, to see where we are going with Artificial Intelligence. The NPDAIFF provides a platform for aerial filmmakers to showcase their work (shot anywhere in the world), emphasizing innovative flight technique, aesthetic beauty, compelling stories and more. The NPDAIFF program is hand selected by a jury made up of local professionals, creative, media and technical professionals as well as established drone cinematographers.
NPDAIFF 2025 is hosted by Angel Nyack, 18 South Broadway, Nyack, NY is a perfect setting for a superb film festival experience!
NPDAIFF is made possible by Mayor Joe Rand, Village Administrator Andy Stewart, the Nyack Board Of Trustee, the Nyack Village Administration and Nyack Business Council, for the creation and support of the Nyack Tourism Grants, through Thomas Schneck and Visit Nyack!!! AND the generous support of Brooke Malloy & Rockland Pride, Dr. Dwayne Bodie & Jane Cowles, Attorney
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