Competitive
- "Zero Plus" International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Tyumen & Tobolsk Cities (Siberia)
- Abloom Filmfestival, Oslo
- Anibar Animation Festival, Peja
- AniFest ROZAFA– International Film Festival for Children, for Teenagers and from Students, Shkoder
- Anima – Brussels International Animation Film Festival, Brussels
- Animafest - World Festival of Animated Film, Zagreb
- Animateka International Animation Film Festival, Ljubljana * Maribor
- Animex – International Festival of Animation & Computer Games, Middlesbrough
- ANIMOK, Viborg International Animation Festival for Children and Youth, Viborg
- Athens International Children's Film Festival, Athens
- Bielefelder Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest, Bielefeld
- Biennale of Animation Bratislava (BAB), Bratislava
- BIKY – Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, Busan
- BUFF Filmfestival, Malmö
- Cactus International Children's & Youth Film Festival, Aosta
- Cannes Cinema: Ecrans Juniors, Cannes
- Cartoon Club – International Festival of Animation Cinema and Comics, Rimini
- Castellinaria Festival del cinema giovane, Bellinzona
- Chania Film Festival Edu, Chania, Crete
- Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Chicago
- Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film, Tallinn
- Children Film Festival - Cine Junior, Val-de-Marne and Île-de-France
- Children Kinofest, 20 cities in Ukraine
- Children's Cinema Festival of Florianópolis, Florianópolis
- Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- Children's Film Festival Seattle, Seattle
- China International Children's Film Festival, Guangzhou City
- Cinanima – International Animated Film Festival of Espinho, Espinho
- Cinekid - International Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children and Young People, Amsterdam
- Cinemagic - International Film & Television Festival for Children and Young People, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Corti a Ponte International Short Film festival – BY 3.20 section, Ponte San Nicolò (Padova)
- Docpoint / Dokkino, 21 cities all over Finland
- Doxs! - Documentaries for Children and Young People / Duisburger Filmwoche, Duisburg
- Dubrovnik Film Festival – European Childrens Film Festival, Dubrovnik
- Dytiatko - Int. Children's Media Festival, Kharkiv
- Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Baden
- Fest – New Directors | New Films Festival, Espinho
- Festival Augenblick, Strasbourg
- Festival de Cinéma d'Alès Itinerances, Alès
- Festival du Cinema Jeune Public, Lausanne
- Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil de Valencia, Valencia
- Festival international de Cinéma du grain à démoudre, Gonfreville l'Orcher (Normandie)
- Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- Filmfest Dresden - International Festival for Animation and Short Films, Dresden
- Filmfest München - CineKindl, Munich
- Filmkorte, Flensburg
- Free Zone Film Festival, Beograd, Nis, Novii Sad, Kragujevac
- Freeze Frame – International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages, Winnipeg MB R3B 1G7
- Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno
- Gijón Int. Film Festival, Gijón, Asturias
- Goldener Spatz, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival at Erfurt & Gera, Erfurt & Gera
- IndieJunior, Lisboa
- IndieJunior Allianz, Porto
- Int. Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam IDFA, Amsterdam
- Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Hamburg
- Interfilm Short Film Festival: KuKi & Teen Screen - Short Films for Children and Young People, Berlin
- International Festival of Animated Films (ITFS), Section "Tricks for Kids", Stuttgart
- International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Yerevan, Armenia
- International Film Festival for Children and Youth Ojo de Pescado, Valparaíso
- International Filmfestival Berlin, Generation, Berlin
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen
- International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poznan
- Internationales Filmfest Emden Aurich Norderney, Emden Aurich Norderney
- Internationales Filmwochenende Würzburg, Würzburg
- Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln, Cologne & Dortmund & online
- JEF – Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Strombeek-bever
- Junges Filmfestival Köln Cinepaenz, Cologne
- JuniorFest - International Festival for Children and Youth, Plzen, Dobrany, Horsovsky Tyn, Prestice, Domazlice, Czech Republic
- Kidz Cinema, Mumbai and online
- KiKiFe Kinderkinofest Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schwaebisch Gmuend
- KinderFilmFest Münster, Münster
- Kinderfilmtage im Ruhrgebiet; Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen, Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen
- KINEKO International Film Festival, Tokyo
- Kinofest Lünen, Lünen
- Kinolub Int. Film Festival for Children and Youth, Rzeszow and other cities in Southern Poland
- Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños, Ciudad de México
- Leeds Young Film Festival, Leeds
- Lucas – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt/M.
- Luxembourg City Film Festival, Luxembourg
- MICE - Mostra International Cinema Educatu, Valencia
- MICE - Mostra International Cinema Educatu Madrid, Madrid
- Milano Film Fest, Milano
- Molodist Film Festival, Kyiv
- Mon Premier Festival, Paris
- Monstrale, Halle/Saale
- Montreal International Children's Film Festival (FIFEM), Montréal (Québec)
- My First Festival – El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelona and Madrid
- New York International Children's Film Festival, New York
- Nordic Filmdays Luebeck/ Section Films for Children & Young People, Luebeck
- Odense International Film Festival, Odense
- Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos and Amaliada
- Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Oulu
- Piccolo Grande Cinema, Milano
- Plein la Bobine – Sancy Film Festival for Young People, Issoire & La Bourboule
- Prix Jeunesse International - Kinder- und Jugendfernsehfestival: Online this Year!, München
- Providence Children's Film Festival, Providence, Rhode Island - USA
- Salam – International Children and Youth Film Festival, Baku
- San Diego International Kids' Film Festival, San Diego
- Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- Sevilla International Film Festival, Sevilla
- Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi and other places in India
- Stuttgarter Kinderfilmtage, Stuttgart
- Taiwan International Children's Film Festival (TICFF), Taipei
- Taoba International Youth Film Festival, Tbilisi
- Tel Aviv International Children's Film Festival (TAICFF), Tel Aviv
- Torino Film Festival, Torino
- Uelzener Filmtage, Niedersächsisches Schüler- und Jugendfilmfestival, Uelzen
- Unabhängiges FilmFest / Independent FilmFest, Osnabrück
- Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Uppsala
- VAFI & RAFI – International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival, Varaždin and Rijeka
- Vienna International Children's Film Festival, Wien/Vienna
- Young Horizons International Film Festival, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities
- Youngabout - International Film Festival for Young People, Bologna
- Your Cinema - International Competition Program for children and youth audience, as part of International Festival of Cinematographic Debuts "Spirit Of Fire", Khanty-Mansiysk and other cities in the district of UGRA (Siberia)
- Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
Smile International Film Festival
New Delhi and other places in India, India
28/01/2026 - 03/02/2026 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): 2027
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Mishra, Jitendra (contact person)
Prizes: 
Award
Programs: Features, Shorts, Animations, Documentaries, Workshop for Young Filmmakers, Films made by Young Filmmakers
Number of films (app.): 150
Age of audience: 6 - 25
Number of spectators (app.): 50.000
Festival's recognition: international
Media coverage: international
Notes/description: SIFFCY (Smile International Film Festival for Children & Youth) is a special film platform initiated by India’s leading development organization Smile Foundation and organised in partnership with the European Union. The festival is devoted to a greater appreciation of meaningful cinemas made for children and youth which can bring change in the society by showcasing those films, supporting emerging filmmakers, recognizing the pioneers and leaders of the similar industry and by promoting the diverse perspectives of Good World Cinema. IThe annual week-long festival - SIFFCY in New Delhi attracts thousands of filmmakers, industry professionals and Cinephile from across the world and more than 50000 young spectators take part in the festival every year. In addition, it reach out to above 500000 audience through it’s round the year outreach program siffcy@schools.
This festival is a member of
Contact:
Smile Foundation
161 B/4, 3rd Floor, Gulmohar House, Yusuf Sarai Community Centre
110049 New Delhi
India
Phone: ++91-8882193950
Internet: www.siffcy.org