D3F News
5th Annual Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) Announces 2026 Call for Entries - 6/15/25
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Philly filmmakers’ ‘Grown Up Dad’ documentary series gets full season on PBS - D3F 2025 Judges' Prize Winner for Best Documentary Short Earns Coverage on WHYY - 4/26/25
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D3F Announces 2025 Atticus Award Winners - 4/14/25
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D3F Founder Allan Shedlin Named "Father of the Year" by Fathers and Families Coalition of America - 4/10/25
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4th Annual Daddying Film Fest Announces 2025 Atticus Award Finalists as Virtual Festival Begins - 4/7/25
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D3F Founder Allan Shedlin returns to the Cool Grandpa podcast to talk about D3F and the power of film to connect dads/granddads with their children - 1/24/25
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4th Annual Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) Announces 2025 Call for Entries - 11/18/24
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D3F Founder Allan Shedlin appears on the Cool Grandpa podcast - November 2024
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Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) Announces 2024 Atticus Award Winners - 5/11/24
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WTOP Radio, Washington DC covers D3F: Chevy Chase resident presents Daddying Film Festival by Jason Fraley - 4/29/24
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D3F Announces Sundance Winner Daughters Among 2024 Selections, Adds 2nd Forum Day and Philly Venue - 4/15/24
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D3F Founder Allan Shedlin appears on the Dad Can We Talk? podcast - 3/29/24
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D3F Founder Allan Shedlin appears on the Home Dad Chat podcast from the National At-Home Dad Network - 3/4/24
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D3F Founder Allan Shedlin appears on the Super Daddy Club podcast - 3/3/24
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D3F Founder Allan Shedlin returns to the Girl Dad Nation podcast to promote D3F 2024 - 3/2/24
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D3F Founder Allan Shedlin returns to the Young Dad podcast to promote D3F 2024 - 2/18/24
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D3F Founder Allan Shedlin appears on the Dad to Dad podcast with Special Fathers Network's David Hirsch - 2/9/24
D3F Founder Allan Shedlin appears on the I Am Dad podcast with Fathers Incorporated's Kenneth Braswell - 2/4/24
3RD ANNUAL DADDYING FILM FESTIVAL & FORUM (D3F) ANNOUNCES 2024 CALL FOR ENTRIES - January 2024
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D3F Founder Allan Shedlin appears on Young Dad podcast - 8/14/23
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2nd ANNUAL DADDYING FILM FESTIVAL & FORUM (D3F) ANNOUNCES 2023 ATTICUS AWARD WINNERS - 6/11/23
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Daddying Film Festival & Forum earns feature story in Washington FAMILY - 6/9/23
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DADvocacy Consulting Group and D3F Founder Allan Shedlin appears on Girl Dad Nation podcast - 6/6/23
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DADDYING FILM FESTIVAL & FORUM (D3F) ANNOUNCES 2023 ATTICUS AWARD FINALISTS - 6/2/23
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DADvocacy Consulting Group and D3F Founder Allan Shedlin appears on Art of Fatherhood podcast - 6/1/23
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DADvocacy Consulting Group and D3F Founder Allan Shedlin appears on Welcome to Fatherhood podcast - 5/24/23
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DADvocacy Consulting Group and D3F Founder Allan Shedlin appears on Dads With Daughters podcast - 5/22/23
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DADDYING FILM FORUM MAKES WORLD PREMIERE IN NEW MEXICO JUNE 24-25 - 5/22/23
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D3F ANNOUNCES 2023 DAD-CREATED & INDIE OFFICIAL SELECTIONS - 5/11/23
DADvocacy Consulting Group and D3F Founder appears on As Dad As It Gets podcast - 4/27/23
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2nd ANNUAL DADDYING FILM FESTIVAL & FORUM (D3F) ANNOUNCES 2023 EXPERT JUDGING PANEL - 4/6/23
DADDYING FILM FESTIVAL & FORUM (D3F) ANNOUNCES 2023 CALL FOR ENTRIES - 1/16/23
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Onward to The Daddying Film Festival Sequel! - 7/7/22
KIDS FIRST! Daddying Film Festival Announces 2022 Atticus Award Winners - 8/18/22
VIP Judging Panel Names KIDS FIRST! Daddying Film Festival Student and Indie Award Finalists - 8/8/22
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KIDS FIRST! Daddying Film Festival Announces Circle of Friends Supporting Call for Entries Outreach - 4/21/22
Inaugural KIDS FIRST! Daddying Film Festival Announces Call For Entries - 2/8/22
The Daddying Blog
The Daddying blog provides commentary, research, personal narratives, reviews & recommendations, and other creative expressions from a diverse group of parenting colleagues, guest writers, and experts to raise awareness and promote the benefits of lifelong dad involvement.
Here are links to our D3F-related blog posts:
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Daddying Gets Its Due This Fathers' Day with PBS Series "Grown Up Dad" - 5/12/25
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Live Forum Wraps Another Heartwarming and Heartbreaking Year of Daddying Films - 5/1/25
What Happens at the Daddying Film Forum Doesn't Have to Stay There - 4/24/25
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Death, Taxes, and the Daddying Heart of A Documentary - guest post by award-winning filmmaker and winner of D3F 2025 Judges' Prize for Best Documentary, Death & Taxes, Justin Schein - 4/17/25
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The Daddying Backstory for My Documentary The Brainwashing of My Dad - guest post by award-winning filmmaker and D3F 2025 Atticus Award finalist Jen Senko - 4/9/25
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The Daddying Film Fest Can Be Your Comfort Place and It Won't Cost You A Thing - 4/3/25
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Daddying Film Fest 2025 Offers Families Calm and Connection During the Storm - 3/13/25
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Five Diverse and Inclusive Years of Daddying - the Daddying blog celebrates a milestone 2/20/25
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It's About the Children - 11/21/24
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What Would A Father Do for His Daughter? - guest post by award-winning filmmaker, director of Everything's Kosher, and Founder, Virtual History Initiative Adam Fried - 10/8/24
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D3F and Sundance Award-Winning Film "Daughters" Takes Dad Involvement to the Next Level on Netflix - guest post by Girls For A Change CEO Angela Patton - 8/14/24
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The Secret to Beating Lane 6 - 5/22/24
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The Impact and Inspiration of Daughters guest post by Girls For A Change CEO Angela Patton - 5/15/24
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The Little Film Festival That Could and the Freshman Boat That Did - 5/4/24
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Mummers Is the Word This May in the "City of Fatherly Love" - 4/21/24
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A Rare Dad Goes Beyond "Why Me?" - 3/20/24
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Welcome to the Daddying Film Festival's Leap Year - 3/8/24
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The Daddying Movement Continues to Evolve - 2/1/24
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A Perfectly-Timed Antidote to Despair - 11/2/23
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Daddying Film Fest 2024 Expands to Celebrate the Many Faces of Caring Men - 10/18/23
Everybody Get On Board - 7/27/23
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Louise's Suitcase and How Film Can Help Make Our Daddying Mission Possible - 7/12/23
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Measures of Daddying Film Festival Success: They Keep Coming Back - 6/9/23
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Why Am I Childless on Spring Break and Who Will Select D3F's Atticus Award Finalists? - 4/7/23
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How the Atticus Award For Best Dad-Created Film Earned Roy R. Neuberger's Name - 3/24/23
"As They Made Us" Shows The Painful and Often Complex Flip Side of A Dad's Influence - 2/24/23
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The Good, the Dad, and the Ugly: D3F Wants Stories Focused on Importance of Involved Dads 1/26/23
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D3F Pulls Back Curtain to Spotlight VIP Judges and Judging Process - 1/19/23
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'Tis the (Awards) Season and D3F Is Calling for Short Films from Kids and Involved Dads - 1/11/23
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How We're Embarking on A Daddying Mission of JOY for the New Year - 1/5/23
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The Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) Is Ready For A Blockbuster New Year - 12/14/22
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Being A Dad Gave Me The Best Creative Fuel To Launch A "Space Cadet" by 5x Grammy-nominated family musician Justin Roberts - 6/9/22
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Appreciation of Dads In Their Presence and Absence May Be Reaching All-Time High - 4/28/22
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Why Not Ask Consumers of Daddying for Their Heartfelt "Reviews?" - 2/9/22
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Lights! Camera! Daddying!
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“I love how the Daddying Film Festival’s theme and program showcase dads from a kid’s perspective. Kids expressing themselves through film and also evaluating their peers’ short-films as judges is sure to get them thinking more critically about the value and impact of content they consume in today’s media.”
- Filmmaker, Actor & Dad, David Alan Basche