Smile International Film Festival for Children and Youth explained

Smile International Film Festival for Children & Youth (SIFFCY)
Location:	New Delhi, India
Website:	http://www.siffcy.org

The Smile International Film Festival for Children & Youth (SIFFCY) is an annual film festival in New Delhi organized by the Smile Foundation.

Organization

Smile Foundation is a national development organisation which undertakes welfare projects on education, healthcare, and women's empowerment in over 700 remote villages across 25 states of India.^[1] ^[2] Smile Foundation has produced over 60 short films and documentaries as well as a feature film called I Am Kalam.^[3] ^[4]

Key members

Santanu Mishra (Smile Foundation co-founder and executive trustee)^[5]
Jitendra Mishra (Festival director)^[6]
Utpal Borpujari (Member)^[7]
Saibal Chatterjee (Member)
Ashok Rane (Jury Member)^[8]
Jahnu Barua (Adviser)
Hansal Mehta (Adviser)
Tigmanshu Dhulia (Adviser)
Nagesh Kukunoor (Adviser)
Resul Pookutty (Adviser)
Santosh Sivan (Adviser)

Awards^[9]

Best Feature Film (Children)
Best Feature Film (Youth)
Best Story
Best Actor
Best Short Film
Best Next Gen
ECFA Best Film
International Centre of Films for Children & Young People Best Film
FCCI Best Film
Best Director
Best Short Film (Children)
Best Short Film (Youth)

General references

"Week-long film festival for kids, youth next month". India.com. 26 November 2015.
"Maneka Ghandi, Tigmanshu Dhulia inaugurate film fest for kids". Business Standard. 21 December 2015.
Vaid, Dharvi (26 December 2015). "Pick of movies brings 'smile' on little ones' faces". The Times of India.

External links

Notes and References

Web site: March 21, 2016 . Philips, Smile Foundation launch Skill India programmes . December 7, 2023 . Business Standard.
News: 11 October 2015 . CSR spend to rise; greater sensitisation needed: Smile Foundation . Business Standard . Press Trust of India .
News: Kalam nostalgia spurs book sales, biopic, online pleas . .
News: Malani . Gaurav . 4 August 2011 . I Am Kalam: Movie Review . . dead . 20 February 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130523204749/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-04/news-interviews/29849681_1_film-nila-madhab-panda-harsh-mayar . 23 May 2013.
Web site: Santanu Mishra . 2023-12-07 . Ideas for India . en.
Web site: 2015-12-14 . SIFFCY 2015 to open with Russian film Celestial Camel . 2016-03-14 . India Today.
Web site: 15 December 2015 . SIFFCY Finalises Films for 2015 International Film Festival for Children and Youth . 2016-03-14 . Hans India.
Web site: Siffcy Jury . 2023-12-07 . siffcy.org.
Web site: SIFFCY 2023 . Siffcy.