2nd Annual Drone Video Awards - Drones for Good Category

Award-winning contributor and drone pilot Mike Bishop was supported by DJI to make this incredible film of wildlife in Namibia in southern Africa.  Shot on the Erindi game reserve, it features elephants, lions, cheetahs, hyenas, ostriches, crocodiles, other exotic animals only found in Africa.  Chosen as a winner of the AirVuz Drone Video of the Week and Drone Video of the Month, it went on to win the Drones for Good category in the second annual Drone Video Awards and was named the Drone Video of the Year.

Congratulations to our 2nd Annual Drone Video Awards Drones For Good Nominees!

This year's nominees are MikeBishop.tv, Kelly’s Heroes, Florian Ledoux, Douglas Thron, and soliman anees. 

Click the links below to see the full videos of each of our nominees and to find out more about the Drone Video Awards.

Mosul is a war-torn city of Iraq on the Tigris River. Professional award-winning drone cinematographers Kelly’s Heroes traveled to document Mosul for a Belgian television series. Unfortunately, war is not new to this area: Mosul lies on the ruins of the great Assyrian capital of Nineveh, once the world's largest city.  Its sacking in 612 BC killed untold thousands and was one of the most consequential events of ancient history. This video was a Finalist in the Drones for Good category in the second annual DVA's. 

Contributor and drone extraordinaire, Florian Ledoux, does his part to aid in nature conservation by capturing intimate and unseen scenes of marine life to share with the rest of the world.  It is clear in his drone masterpiece, "I Am Fragile", that he approaches his wild subjects like polar bears, narwhals, and walruses with the utmost care and with great consideration for their surroundings. This moving piece is a nominee in the Drones for Good category in the AirVuz Drone Video Awards.

Content creator Douglas Thron uses his device of choice, the drone, to bring to light the plight of the pig in this aerial documentary about the Pig Preserve in Tennessee, USA.  This animal sanctuary takes in pigs from all walks of life, from hurricane rescue, to factory farms, and to feral living.  The preserve is in the Cumberland Mountains, which run through the middle part of the state.  See these pigs living it up in their new place to call home in this enlightening Drone Video Awards' nominated piece.

In this video, a drone pilot managed to capture the Great March of Return, a six month series of protests in Gaza, a strife-torn corner of the Middle East.  Captured by Israel in the Six Day War of 1967, Gaza was granted partial autonomy in 1994 under the Oslo Accords.  Since a takeover of the Gaza government by Hamas in 2007, it's been the scene of much strife as Israel sealed off the territory in response. This video is a nominee in the 2nd Annual Drone Video Awards' Drones for Good category.