Festivals where ECFA Awards are allocated
- BUFF Filmfestival, Malmö
- Children and Youth Film Festival Just Film, Tallinn
- Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- Cine-Jeune – Festival International de Cinéma, Braine, Saint Quentin & Department of Aisne
- Doxs! - Documentaries for Children and Young People / Duisburger Filmwoche, Duisburg
- Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- Int. Short Film Festival Hamburg; Children's Film Festival "Mo & Friese", Hamburg
- International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen
- International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poznan
- Internationales Frauen* Film Fest Dortmund+Köln, Cologne & Dortmund & online
- JEF – Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Strombeek-bever
- Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- Lucas – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt/M.
- Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos and Amaliada
- Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Oulu
- Riga International Film Festival, Riga
- Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi and other places in India
- Young Horizons International Film Festival, Warsaw, Wroclaw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities
- 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