Festival's Type:
Original Children’s / Young People’s Film Festivals
Film Festivals with section for Children’s / Young People’s Films
Country:
Original Children’s / Young People’s Film Festival
- "Zero Plus" International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Tyumen & Tobolsk Cities (Siberia)
- AL-JANA International Film Festival for Youth & Children ( J.I.F.F.Y.C), Beirut and other cities
- AniFest ROZAFA– International Film Festival for Children, for Teenagers and from Students, Shkoder
- Animateka International Animation Film Festival, Ljubljana * Maribor
- Athens International Children's Film Festival, Athens
- Belmont World Film: Family Film Festival, Cambridge, Belmont, and Arlington
- Bielefelder Kinder- und Jugendfilmfest, Bielefeld
- BIKY – Busan International Kids & Youth Film Festival, Busan
- BUFF Filmfestival, Malmö
- Cactus International Children's & Youth Film Festival, Aosta
- Carrousel International du Film – Festival international de cinéma jeunesse de Rimouski, Rimouski, Canada
- Castellinaria Festival del cinema giovane, Bellinzona
- Chicago International Children's Film Festival, Chicago
- Children Film Festival - Cine Junior (Postponed!), Val-de-Marne
- Children Kinofest, 18 cities in Ukraine
- Children's Film Academy: Cinemira – Budapest International Children’s Film Festival, Budapest
- Children's Film Festival Seattle, Seattle
- Cine-Jeune – Festival International de Cinéma, Braine, Saint Quentin & Department of Aisne
- Cinedu, Nove mesto nad Vahom
- Cinekid - International Film, Television and New Media Festival for Children and Young People, Amsterdam
- Cinema in Sneakers Film Festival for Kids and Youth / Kino w Trampkach, Warsaw
- Dresdner Kinderfilmfest Kinolino, Dresden
- Dubrovnik Film Festival – European Childrens Film Festival, Dubrovnik
- Dytiatko - Int. Children's Media Festival, Kharkiv
- Festival Internacional de Cine Infantil de Valencia, Valencia
- Filem'On – Brussels Children's Film Festival, Brussels & Ghent
- Freeze Frame – International Film Festival for Kids of All Ages, Winnipeg MB R3B 1G7
- Galway Film Fleadh / Junior Film Fleadh, Galway
- Giffoni Film Festival, Giffoni Valle Piana, Salerno
- Goldener Spatz, Deutsches Kinder-Medien-Festival at Erfurt & Gera, Erfurt & Gera
- IFI Family Festival, Dublin
- IndieJunior Allianz, Porto
- Int. Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam IDFA, Amsterdam
- International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival Varaždin, Varaždin
- International Children's Film Festival, Istanbul (and other places in Turkey
- International Children's Film Festival, Lucknow
- International Children's Film Festival Bangladesh, Dhanmondi, Dhaka 1205
- International Film Festival Cinema of the Future Society "A-FestFilmRozafa", Shkodra
- International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Yerevan, Armenia
- International Film Festival for Children and Youth Ojo de Pescado, Valparaíso
- International Film Festival Kinotrip – By the Youth, for the Youth, Ljubljana
- International Vilnius Film Festival for Children and Youth, Vilnius, Kaunas, Siauliai, Klaipeda, Penevezys, Varena
- International Young Audience Film Festival Ale Kino!, Poznan
- International Youth Film Festival, Rotterdam & Den Haag
- JEF – Europees Jeugdfilmfestival Vlaanderen, Antwerp, Bruges, Ghent, Courtrai, Strombeek-bever
- JuniorFest - International Festival for Children and Youth, Plzen, Dobrany, Horsovsky Tyn, Prestice, Domazlice, Czech Republic
- Kasseler Kinder- & Jugendfilmfest, Kassel
- Kids Kino International Film Festival, Warsaw, Wroc?aw, Pozna?, and almost 20 other towns and cities
- Kidz Cinema, Online
- KiKiFe Kinderkinofest Schwäbisch Gmünd, Schwaebisch Gmuend
- KinderDocs – International Documentary Festival for Children and Young People, Athens and Thessaloniki
- Kinderfilmfest Hof, Hof
- Kinderfilmfest Muenster, Münster
- Kinderfilmtage im Ruhrgebiet; Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen, Essen, Mülheim, Oberhausen
- KinderKinoFest Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf
- Kineko International Children's Film Festival Tokyo, Tokyo
- KINOdiseea – International Children's Film Festival, Bucharest and Tulcea
- KinoKino - International Film Festival for Children, Zagreb
- Kinolub Int. Film Festival for Children and Youth, Krakow and other cities in Southern Poland
- Kölner Kinderfilmfest Cinepaenz, Cologne
- Kratka Forma – International Short Film Festival, Gornji Milanovac
- Kristiansand International Children's Film Festival (KICFF), Kristiansand
- La Matatena Festival Internacional de Cine para Niños (virtual Edition), Ciudad de México
- Leeds Young Film Festival, Leeds
- Lucas – Int. Festival for Young Film Lovers, Frankfurt/M.
- Monstronale, Halle/Saale
- Montreal International Children's Film Festival (FIFEM), Montréal (Québec)
- My First Festival – El Meu Primer Festival, Barcelona
- Nelson Mandela Children’s Film Festival, Johannesburg
- New York International Children's Film Festival: Online!, New York
- Olympia International Film Festival for Children and Young People, Pyrgos and Amaliada
- Oulu International Children's and Youth Film Festival, Oulu
- Plein la Bobine – Sancy Film Festival for Young People, Massif du Sancy, La Bourboule & Le Mont-Dore
- Prix Jeunesse International - Kinder- und Jugendfernsehfestival: Online this Year!, München
- Providence Children's Film Festival, Providence, Rhode Island - USA
- Reel 2 Real – International Film Festival for Youth, Vancouver, Canada
- San Diego International Kids' Film Festival: Postponed, San Diego
- Schlingel – International Film Festival for Children and Young Audience, Chemnitz
- SehPferdchen - Kinderfilmfest Hannover, Hannover & Burgdorf & Wunstorf
- Smile International Film Festival, New Delhi
- Sottodiciotto Filmfestival (Under 18), Torino
- Stockholm International Film Festival Junior, Stockholm
- Stuttgarter Kinderfilmtage, Stuttgart
- Taartrovers Film Festival, Groningen, Amsterdam, Eindhoven and others
- Taiwan International Children's Film Festival (TICFF), Taipei
- Taoba International Youth Film Festival, Tbilisi
- Tel Aviv International Film Festival for Children and Youth, Tel Aviv
- TIFF Junior – Tromsø Children's Film Festival, Tromsø
- Uelzener Filmtage, Niedersächsisches Schüler- und Jugendfilmfestival, Uelzen
- Vienna International Children's Film Festival, Wien/Vienna
- Youngabout - International Film Festival for Young People, Bologna
- Zlín Film Festival, International Festival for Children and Youth, Zlín
- Zoomz – Festival für Kinder- und Jugendfilm, Luzern
Smile International Film Festival
New Delhi, India
14/12/2020 - 19/12/2020 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Rhythm: annual, next Festival afterwards (probably): December 2021
Competitive Original Children's Film Festival
Director/s: Mishra, Jitendra (contact person)
Deadline for film entries: 31/08/2020 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Programs: Features, Shorts, Animations, Documentaries, Workshop for Young Filmmakers, Films made by Young Filmmakers
Number of films (app.): 100
Age of audience: 6 - 25
Number of spectators (app.): 20.000
Festival's recognition: regional
Media coverage: regional
Notes/description: SIFFCY (Smile International Film Festival for Children & Youth) is a special film platform 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. It caters to young people (aged 6 to 25) with just about every level of interest in film, whether to watch and enjoy, create their own work or take things a stage further and find out more about a career in the film or television industry.
This festival is a member of 
Contact:
Smile Foundation
V11 level one, Green Park Extn.
110016 New Delhi
India
Phone: ++91-11-43123700
Internet: www.siffcy.org