Virtual Daddying Film Festival, JANUARY 9-15, 2026

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Live Film Forum - Washington DC area, JANUARY 30-31, 2026



 

 

D3F's 2025 FREE virtual festival on Eventive screened 30+ Student, Dad & Indie Films celebrating the importance of involved Dads/Dad Figures. The 2025 LIVE Daddying Film Forum was held April 26 at Bryn Mawr College, just outside of Philadelphia, and brought children/youth together with their Dads/Dad figures, families, and mental health experts to examine thoughts, feelings, and insights in response to selected D3F-winning and finalist films, past and present. Attendees had the opportunity to express their responses through Q&A discussion and other creative means. 

 

D3F 2024's virtual festival on Eventive presented 40+ Films during festival week. The 2-day, LIVE Daddying Film Forum in Philadelphia, PA, included:

 

2024 Forum Day 1, Friday, May 17th, from 4-8pm at the Parkway Central Free Library featured screenings of 2024 Atticus Award-winning student and dad-created films, finalist films, including Canadian filmmaker Tristan Barrocks' Dear Black Dad, and a special presentation of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival’s Audience Award winner for Best U.S. documentary and winner for Festival Favorite, Daughters, before its Netflix debut! We were profoundly honored that Girls For A Change founder and co-director, Angela Patton, attended to participate in a live Q&A, and, appropriately, was introduced by her father, Harry Walker.

2024 Forum Day 2, Saturday, May 18th, 10am to 3pm at the iconic Mummers Museum, presented a selection of D3F 2024 indie features (including our 2024 Atticus Award winner Two Lives in Pittsburgh) and dad-created film finalists! Attendees also had access to the museum.​​

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D3F Call for Entries returns this Fathers' Day, June 15! We can't wait to share more films celebrating the importance of involved Dads with families worldwide during D3F 2026!​​