{"id":9060,"date":"2022-06-13T14:21:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-13T21:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/?p=9060"},"modified":"2022-06-16T15:29:40","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T22:29:40","slug":"you-are-invited-to-the-kids-first-daddying-film-festival-june-13-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidsfirst.org\/kidsfirstnews\/2022\/you-are-invited-to-the-kids-first-daddying-film-festival-june-13-20\/","title":{"rendered":"KIDS FIRST! Daddying Film Festival June 13-20 Admission: Free! Select the Winners by Voting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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As you know, KIDS FIRST! Film Festival co-hosts film festival with a group of wonderful venues and organizations nation- and worldwide. Next up is an exciting, first time festival in partnership with the DADvocacy Consulting group– the first annual KIDS FIRST! Daddying Film Festival. <\/strong>This festival offers a celebration of films that honor a child\u2019s relationship with their father or father figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured are a collection of student films from elementary through university students with the theme: \u201cA Letter to My Father\/Father Figure.\u201d Additionally there is a collection of outstanding films from independent and foreign filmmakers. These short films illustrate how being a dad or father figure is not just who you are, it\u2019s what you do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Remember to Vote – Audience Voting Determine Our Final Winners! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s festival will be entirely virtual, taking place online at: https:\/\/kidsfirstdaddyingff.eventive.org\/welcome<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the films that have been accepted will be shown at the festival, but there will be a competition for the winners in five different categories: best elementary student film, best middle school student film, best high school student film, best university student film, best independent film. The finalists in each of those categories will be highlighted and the audience vote will determine the winners. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Announcing the 2022 KFDFF<\/em> Award Finalists<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finalists in all five categories have been selected by a panel of professionals from the entertainment industry, arts and academia. The 36 films featured at the festival have been submitted by filmmakers from 17 countries including Iceland, India, Israel, Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, Singapore, Taiwan, Argentina and the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Finalists Are! <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Elementary School (grades 1 through 4) student<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n