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What's new at dcg?
5TH annual Daddying Film Festival & Forum (D3F)
COMING January 9-15, 2026 on Eventive
LIVE Daddying Film Forum - January 30-31 @ American University, Washington, DC
GET FREE PASSES FOR BOTH EVENTS NOW!
D3F 2026 Call for Submissions
NOW OPEN THROUGH DECEMBER 29, 2025!
NEWS 4/10/25: DCG and D3F Founder Allan Shedlin Named Father of the Year by
DADDYING INTERVIEW ALERTs!
NEW DADPOD! DCG and Daddying Film Festival & Forum Founder Allan Shedlin appeared on The Imperfect Dads Podcast on December 11, 2025, and spoke with host Devon Neisen about D3F's mission, his journey as a school leader and involved fatherhood advocate, interviewing dads about their parenting challenges, lifelong parenting lessons, and how storytelling/film can prompt and change conversations about fatherhood.
Earlier this year, Allan Shedlin joined the Cool Grandpa podcast to do the thing he loves most: talk about daddying and the Daddying Film Festival & Forum. You can find links to all Allan's recent podcast appearances and other D3F/DCG news HERE.
ARMOR DOWN/daddY UP!
DCG's Allan Shedlin and DCG partner Armor Down's Ben King created the Armor Down/Daddy Up!™ and Armor Down/Mommy Up™ workshops to assist veterans in armoring down from their military experiences and teach them specific parenting skills to enable them to become the parents THEY want to be. Our workshops continue via Zoom with Warrior Dads/Moms and Warrior Kids. We've dubbed this new phase of the program AD/DU! 2.0.
Find out how to apply or nominate someone for a small grant through our Daddy Wishes Fund nonprofit partners.
World Bank - March 16, 2017
DCG Founder Allan Shedlin















