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Scott Beller, Editor and Contributing Writer

Since February 2020, the DADDYING blog has provided weekly commentary, personal narratives, reviews, research, poetry, and other creative expressions from a diverse group of colleagues, guest writers, and experts to promote the benefits of lifelong Dad involvement to kids, families, and communities.

More than Your Ordinary Film Festival Metrics of Success

Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) founder Allan Shedlin explains why the six-year-old festival's metrics of success are necessarily different from thousands of other annual festivals worldwide. D3F favors the qualitative over the quantitative, and he believes those are the metrics that best reflect the festival's success in achieving its daddying mission.

Allan Shedlin

May 20

Daddying Film Fest 2025 Offers Families Calm and Connection During the Storm

With rough seas ahead, the 2025 Daddying Film Festival marquee is filled with great stories offering families a respite from the storm.

Allan Shedlin

Mar 13, 2025

The Other Big Day for Families to Remember this November: the 4th Annual Daddying Film Fest Call For Entries

The 4th Annual Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) 2025 Call for Entries will kick off officially on Monday, November 18, 2024!

Allan Shedlin

Sep 12, 2024

A Perfectly-Timed Antidote to Despair

As world events push him toward despair, D3F's Allan Shedlin turns to what always brings him hope: children & youth, specifically at AAHSFF.

Allan Shedlin

Nov 1, 2023

"As They Made Us" Shows The Painful and Often Complex Flip Side of A Dad's Influence

Daddying blog editor Scott Beller recommends the film "As They Made Us" for anyone who has ever had a strained relationship with a parent.

Allan Shedlin

Feb 24, 2023

Daddying Film Fest and Forum Pulls Back Curtain to Spotlight VIP Judges and Judging Process

Now that the Daddying Film Festival has opened its call for entries, editor Scott Beller highlights D3F's expert judges and judging process.

Allan Shedlin

Jan 19, 2023

'Tis the (Awards) Season and D3F Is Calling for Short Films from Kids and Involved Dads

Daddying Film Festival & Forum director Allan Shedlin announces 2023 call for entries will open to student and dad filmmakers on January 16.

Allan Shedlin

Jan 11, 2023

I Left San Francisco for Colorado Springs. It Changed How I See Democracy

Youth Documentary Academy founder Tom Shepard writes about how he's been inspired by the diverse stories of his filmmaking students and other young people and what our country's leaders could and should learn from them.

Allan Shedlin

4 days ago

Savoring the Privilege of Lifelong Daddying

Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) founder Allan Shedlin shares the joy of being a lifelong Dad, Granddad, and soon, a Great Granddad.

Allan Shedlin

4 days ago

With Our World in Metamorphosis, Those End-Of-Summer Butterflies Remain the Same

Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) founder Allan Shedlin welcomes back-to-school season and those end-of-summer butterflies with an open mind and open arms.

Allan Shedlin

Jul 23

What Happened to Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?

Daddying editor Scott Beller laments the continued human rights abuses by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), including murders this past week of Johan Sebastian Duran Guerrero and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo.

Allan Shedlin

Jul 16

A Dad Still Going Along for the Ride

Daddying blog editor Scott Beller embraces his evolving role as a Dad, which will always include being his daughters' safe, reliable ride home.

Allan Shedlin

Jul 10

Something to Celebrate For America's Conflicted 250th: Principles of Our Founding Daddies

Daddying Film Fest founder Allan Shedlin longs for an America that not only celebrates landmark birthdays but also adheres to the inclusive and promising ideals its "founding fathers" clearly expressed in the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution.

Allan Shedlin

Jul 1

Many Aspects of Daddying Offer Positive Outcomes for Involved Fathers and their Kids

Senior Research Scholar for Child Trends, Dr. Mindy Scott, presents data evidence of the many positive outcomes related to Dads remaining involved with their children.

Allan Shedlin

Jun 25

Revisiting Our Unique Daddying Perspective: Four Fathers' Days Plus One

Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) director and founder Allan Shedlin celebrates Fathers' Day in a way different from many other Dads.

Allan Shedlin

Jun 17

A Daughter's Ode To Her Father and A Father Figure

Poet Kani Manoharan Veeramarthini honors her father and an influential father figure through her poetry.

Allan Shedlin

Jun 11

Processing My Son's Graduation from High School...in Poetic Verse

Poet, author, and Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F) Dadvisor Hakim Bellamy commemorates his son's high school graduation in the best way he knows how: in poetic Dad verse.

Allan Shedlin

Jun 3