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{{Infobox Film Festival
| name = Smile International Film Festival for Children & Youth (SIFFCY)
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| location = [[New Delhi]], [[India]]
| language = International
| website = http://www.siffcy.org
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The '''Smile International Film Festival for Children & Youth''' ('''SIFFCY''') is an annual film festival organised in the city of [[New Delhi]], [[India]], by [[Smile Foundation]].

==Organizer==
[[Smile Foundation]] is a national level development organisation which undertakes welfare projects on education, healthcare, livelihood and women empowerment, in more than 700 remote villages across 25 states of India.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/good-governance/ngo/Philips-Smile-Foundation-launch-Skill-India-programmes/articleshow/51496017.cms? {{deadlink|date=October 2018}}</ref><ref>http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/csr-spend-to-rise-greater-sensitisation-needed-smile-foundation-115101100465_1.html</ref> Smile Foundation has already produced more than 60 short films and documentaries besides a feature film titled [[I am Kalam]].<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kalam-nostalgia-spurs-book-sales-biopic-online-pleas/articleshow/48302685.cms</ref><ref name="timesofindia aug 2011">{{cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-04/news-interviews/29849681_1_film-nila-madhab-panda-harsh-mayar |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130523204749/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-08-04/news-interviews/29849681_1_film-nila-madhab-panda-harsh-mayar |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 May 2013 |title=I Am Kalam: Movie Review |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=4 August 2011 |accessdate=20 February 2012}}</ref> The film was screened in the market section at the 63rd [[Cannes Film Festival]] on 12 May 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://businessofcinema.com/bollywood-news/nila-madhab-pandas-i-am-kalam-to-screen-at-cannes-film-festival/31134|title=Nila Madhab Panda's I Am Kalam to screen at Cannes Film Festival|work=Businessofcinema.com}}</ref> It has produced the TV series ''Choone Do Aasman'' with NDTV.

==Key members==
*Santanu Mishra (Chairman)
*[[Jitendra Mishra]] (Festival Director)
*Utpal Borpujari (Member)
*Saibal Chatterjee (Member)
*Ashok Rane (Member)
*[[Jahnu Barua]] (Adviser)
*[[Hansal Mehta]] (Adviser)
*[[Tigmanshu Dhulia]] (Adviser)
*[[Nagesh Kukunoor]] (Adviser)
*[[Resul Pookutty]] (Adviser)
*[[Santosh Sivan]] (Adviser)

==Awards and prizes==
*Best Film (Feature)
*Best Director (Feature)
*Best Actor / Actress (in Feature)
*Best Story (Feature)
*Best Film (Short)
*Best Documentary (Documentary)
*Best Student film (Special Citation in 3 different age group)
*Best film with special message (Special Citation in any category)
*Certificate of Participation to all films presented in this section.

==Film Festivals==
The third edition of the ‘Smile International Film Festival for Children & Youth’ (SIFFCY) was inaugurated on 11 December in the presence of actress Raveena Tandon, along with Shantanu Mishra, Executive Trustee of Smile Foundation & Chairman – SIFFCY and Jitendra Mishra, Festival Director – SIFFCY.

==References==
<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/siffcy-2015-to-open-with-russian-film-celestial-camel/1/546680.html |title=SIFFCY 2015 to open with Russian film Celestial Camel : PTI feed, News |website=Indiatoday.intoday.in |date=2015-12-14 |accessdate=2016-03-14}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/siffcy-2015-to-open-with-russian-film-celestial-camel-115121400794_1.html |title=SIFFCY 2015 to open with Russian film 'Celestial Camel' | Business Standard News |website=Business-standard.com |date= |accessdate=2016-03-14}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/2015-12-15/SIFFCY-Finalises-Films-for-2015-International-Film-Festival-for-Children-and-Youth-193261 |title=SIFFCY Finalises Films for 2015 International Film Festival for Children and Youth |website=Thehansindia.com |date= |accessdate=2016-03-14}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india.com/showbiz/week-long-film-festival-for-kids-youth-next-month-736739/ |title=Week-long film festival for kids, youth next month | Latest News & Gossip on Popular Trends at |website=India.com |date= |accessdate=2016-03-14}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Maneka-Gandhi-Tigmanshu-Dhulia-inaugurate-film-fest-for-kids/articleshow/50278634.cms |title=Maneka Gandhi, Tigmanshu Dhulia inaugurate film fest for kids |website=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2015-12-22 |accessdate=2016-03-14}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news9express.com/breaking/mrs-maneka-gandhi-honble-minister-for-women-and-child-development-government-of-india-and-mr-tigmanshu-dhulia-graced-the-occasion/ |title=Mrs. Maneka Gandhi, Hon’ble Minister for Women and Child Development, Government of India and Mr. Tigmanshu Dhulia graced the occasion |website=News9Express |date= |accessdate=2016-03-14}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/a-window-to-the-world/article8008643.ece |title=A window to the world |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |date=2015-12-20 |accessdate=2016-03-14}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Pick-of-movies-brings-smile-on-little-ones-faces/articleshow/50327978.cms |title=Pick of movies brings 'smile' on little ones' faces |website=Timesofindia.indiatimes.com |date=2015-12-26 |accessdate=2016-03-14}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|last=Idiot |first=Indian |url=http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3i5l4v |title="Announcement Of Films Being Shown At Siffcy, Smile'S International Children'S Film Festival" - Video Dailymotion |website=Dailymotion.com |date=2015-12-15 |accessdate=2016-03-14}}</ref>

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==External links==
* [http://www.siffcy.org// Official website]
* [http://www.smilefoundationindia.org// Smile Foundation official website]

[[Category:Festivals in Delhi]]
[[Category:Film festivals in India]]
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