4th ANNUAL DADDYING FILM FESTIVAL & FORUM ANNOUNCES 2025 ATTICUS AWARD FINALISTS
FREE D3F Passes to Screen 30+ Films from April 7-12 NOW Available on Eventive
CHEVY CHASE, MD – April 7, 2025 – The Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F), the first and only film festival focused exclusively on promoting the importance of positive dad involvement for kids and families, announced today its 2025 Atticus Award Finalists and will screen 30+ short and feature films created by students, Dads/dad figures, and indie filmmakers from around the world during its 4th annual festival on Eventive, Monday, April 7, through Saturday, April 12. FREE passes for unlimited, on-demand screenings during Festival week are available on Eventive HERE. The D3F 2025 Finalists are:
Best High School Student Film
I Choose You by Dulcie Genevieve Ruth Harrison, USA
Live Like Bella: A Story of Faith, Hope & Love by Sebastian Broche, USA
Best College/University Student Film
Pop! by Ian Dugan, USA
Amongst the Myrtle Trees by Yisel Tapia & Carson Stringer, USA
Funky by Vivian Huang, USA
Away by Nick Behson, USA
Roy R. Neuberger Prize for Best Dad-created Film
Sleepless Nights by Brenden Guy, USA
That’s Okay. With You. By Tyler Joseph Pawlak, USA
Make A Splash by Matthew Krekeler, USA
Unreal by Sean Smith, USA
RUN NIÑO RUN by Lance Revoir, USA
Best Feature
Dealing With Dad by Tom Huang, USA
RARE: A Rare Disease Revolution by John Bader and Lainey Moseley, USA
Everything’s Kosher by Adam Fried, Germany/USA
The Brainwashing of My Dad by Jen Senko, USA
Death & Taxes by Justin Schein, USA
Best Short
A Letter From the Fathers: Chapter II by Tristan Barrocks, Canada
Black Fatherhood: The Other Hood by David Goodman, USA
At the Threshold by April Guscott, USA
Te Amo Papá by Dave Brown and Jake Zieman, USA
D is for Dad by Jill Garrett, USA
Best Animated Film
A Knock on My Door by David Chai, USA
Amongst the Myrtle Trees by Yisel Tapia & Carson Stringer, USA
Funky by Vivian Huang, USA
Since it began in 2022, D3F has received films from filmmakers in 28 countries. Atticus Award winners will be chosen in each finalist category by public, online voting during the Festival. This year's winners will be announced Monday, April 14. Other D3F 2025 Official Selections available to screen on Eventive, April 7-12 are:
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Sleepover by Jeff Klemm and son Silas, USA
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The Familia Tour Guide by Aaron Scully and daughter Emma, Australia
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North by Donnie Cai, China – brought to D3F by KIDS FIRST! Film Festival
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#DadLife by Scott May, USA
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Good Men by Bobby Roth, USA*
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Paula’s Dad & the Right Button in His Head by Thomas Heinemann, Germany*
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Yours Forever by Sam Saatzer, USA
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Torsha – The Name of A River by Krishnendu Sannigrahi, India*
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Young Legend by Donovan J Gardener and Praheme Praphet, USA
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Say His Name by Silas James Rowland, USA
* Feature film
The Atticus Awards & Daddying Film Forum
Voting for Atticus Award winners opens at midnight EDT, Monday, April 7 and closes at 11:59pm EDT on Saturday, April 12. Student winners each earn $250 and the Roy R. Neuberger Prize-winner for Best Dad-created film earns $500 along with their Atticus Award statuettes, which symbolize Atticus Finch from the 1962 film based on Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird. Finch, an iconic single dad, represents several ideal daddying qualities.
Select Atticus award-winning and finalist films, past and present, will screen at the Daddying Film Forum, April 26, at Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania. Now in its third year, the Forum brings children/youth together with their dads/families to examine thoughts, feelings, and insights in response to D3F films. FREE Forum passes also are available on the D3F Eventive site.
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ABOUT D3F
The Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) is not your ordinary film fest. It is the first and only film festival worldwide focused exclusively on promoting the importance of positive dad involvement for kids and families. D3F was created by the DADvocacy Consulting Group’s Daddy Appleseed Fund (DAF) to offer children and youth a stage to express through film/video how they feel about the relationship they have or wish they had with their dads. D3F also encourages dad filmmakers to submit their own films for consideration and includes a stand-alone, live Daddying Film Forum to more directly improve the daddying experience for children and dads alike. Since 2022, D3F has received submissions from filmmakers in 28 countries.
FOR MORE INFORMATION or to request an interview with D3F Founder Allan Shedlin, please contact: Scott Beller, D3F Director of Communications, scott [at] daddyingfilmfest [dot] com