The Smile International Film Festival for Children & Youth (SIFFCY) is an annual

film festival A film festival is an organized, extended presentation of films in one or more cinemas or screening venues, usually in a single city or region. Increasingly, film festivals show some films outdoors. Films may be of recent date and, depending upon ...

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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. Smile Foundation has produced over 60

short film A short film is any motion picture that is short enough in running time not to be considered a feature film. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes ...

s and

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as well as a

feature film A feature film or feature-length film is a narrative film (motion picture or "movie") with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation in a commercial entertainment program. The term ''feature film'' originall ...

called ''

I Am Kalam ''I Am Kalam'' is a 2011 Indian Hindi-language drama film produced by the non-governmental charity Smile Foundation and directed by Nila Madhab Panda, cinematography by Mohana Krishna. The character of Chhotu has been performed by Harsh Mayar. T ...

''.

Key members

*Santanu Mishra (Smile Foundation co-founder and executive trustee) *

Jitendra Mishra Jitendra Mishra is an Indian film producer and promoter, born in Titlagarh, Odisha. He is known for '' The Last Color'', '' Desires of the Heart'' and '' Human OAK'' an Indo-Italian film co-produced during Covid-19 lockdown. Early life He was b ...

(Festival director) *Utpal Borpujari (Member) *Saibal Chatterjee (Member) *Ashok Rane (Jury Member) *

Jahnu Barua Jahnu Barua (born 1952) is an Indian film director. He has written and directed a number of Assamese and Hindi films. Some of his notable films are ''Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai'' (1987), '' Firingoti'' (1992), ''Xagoroloi Bohu Door'' (1995), ...

(Adviser) *

Hansal Mehta Hansal Mehta (born 29 April 1968) is an Indian filmmaker. He started his career with television show ''Khana Khazana'' (1993–2000) and later moved on to directing films like ''Dil Pe Mat Le Yaar!!'' (2000), ''Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?'' (2002) and ...

(Adviser) *

Tigmanshu Dhulia Tigmanshu Dhulia (born 3 July 1967) is an Indian film dialogue writer, director, actor, screenwriter, producer and casting director known for his works in Hindi cinema and Television. He wrote the dialogue for the 1998 film '' Dil Se..'', the f ...

(Adviser) *

Nagesh Kukunoor Nagesh Kukunoor (born 30 March 1967) is an Indian film director, producer, screenwriter and actor known for his works predominantly in Hindi cinema, and few Telugu language films. He is known for his works in parallel cinema, such as ''Hyderab ...

(Adviser) *

Resul Pookutty Resul Pookutty (born 30 May 1971) is an Indian film sound designer, sound editor and audio mixer. He won the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing, along with Richard Pryke and Ian Tapp, for ''Slumdog Millionaire''. Pookutty has worked in Hind ...

(Adviser) *

Santosh Sivan Santosh Sivan (born 8 February 1964) is an Indian cinematographer, film director, producer and actor known for his works in Malayalam, Tamil and Hindi cinema. Santosh graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India and has to date co ...

(Adviser)

Awards

*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.

''Business Standard''. 21 December 2015. * Vaid, Dharvi (26 December 2015)
"Pick of movies brings 'smile' on little ones' faces"
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The Times of India ''The Times of India'', also known by its abbreviation ''TOI'', is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group. It is the third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and largest ...

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Notes

External links

Official website

Smile Foundation official website
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