Non-Competitive
- Animafest Gdansk - International Animation Film Festival, Gdansk
- Belmont World Film: Family Film Festival, Cambridge, Belmont, and Arlington
- Buster - Copenhagen International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Copenhagen
- Discovery – Scotland's International Film Festival for Young Audiences, Dundee
- DOK Leipzig – International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Leipzig
- Edinburgh International Film Festival, Edinburgh
- Espoo Ciné Junior Film Festival, Espoo
- Festival Internacional du Premier Film, Annonay
- Festival International du Film de La Rochelle, La Rochelle
- Filmfest Hamburg, Children's and Youth Film Festival "Michel", Hamburg
- FilmFestival Cottbus (Festival des Osteuropäischen Films), Cottbus
- Galway Film Fleadh / Junior Film Fleadh, Galway
- Glasgow Youth Film Festival, Glasgow
- IFI Family Festival, Dublin
- International Film Festival Kinotrip – By the Youth, for the Youth, Ljubljana
- International Filmfestival Mannheim-Heidelberg, Mannheim & Heidelberg
- KinderKinoFest Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf
- Locarno Film Festival: Locarno Kids, Locarno
- Nelson Mandela Children’s Film Festival, Johannesburg
- Riga International Film Festival, Riga
- Sarajevo Film Festival, Sarajewo
- SehPferdchen - Kinderfilmfest Hannover, Hannover & Burgdorf & Wunstorf
- Sottodiciotto Filmfestival (Under 18), Torino
- Stockholm International Film Festival Junior, Stockholm
- The Norwegian International Filmfestival / "Cinemagi", Haugesund
- Thessaloniki International Documentary Film Festival, Thessaloniki
- Thessaloniki International Film Festival, Thessaloniki
- TIFF Junior – Tromsø Children's Film Festival, Tromsø
- Transilvania International Film Festival, Cluj-Napoca, Sibiu, Mures
- Universal Kids Film Festival, Tuzla / Istanbul
- Zagreb Film Festival, Zagreb
- Zoomz – Festival für Kinder- und Jugendfilm, Luzern
- Zurich Film Festival, Zürich, Switzerland
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
Deadline for film entries: 15/12/2025 (dd/mm/yyyy)
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